Walter Lee Gadsden
Walter Lee Gadsden (born around 1947/1948 – died after 1996) was an African American man best known as the subject of one of the most...
Author : joe bodego
Saviours’ Day
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The Nation of Islam’s Annual Commemoration of Divine Intervention and Black Resurrection Saviours’ Day (often styled as Saviour’s Day in earlier references) is the premier...
Lester Maddox
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Lester Maddox (1915–2003) was an American politician and businessman who served as the 75th Governor of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. Born Lester Garfield Maddox...
Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox Rejects Justice Department Demand for Immediate School Integration
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On July 10, 1969, Georgia Governor Lester Maddox rejected demands from the U.S. Justice Department to integrate the state’s public schools immediately. In a televised...
Kenneth Kaunda
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Kenneth Kaunda (also known as KK) was a Zambian teacher, independence leader, and politician who served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to...
The Lynching of Norris Dendy
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On July 4, 1933, a white mob in Clinton, South Carolina, dragged 35-year-old Norris Dendy from his cell in the local jail, brutally beat him,...
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States
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Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964): A Landmark Victory for Civil Rights and the Commerce Clause In the summer of 1964, President...
Atlanta Hotel Denies Room to Nobel Laureate Dr. Ralph Bunche (1962)
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On June 28, 1962, a hotel in Atlanta denied a room to Dr. Ralph Bunche, a distinguished diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, solely because...
Subtle Barriers: Segregation’s New Face
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The overt symbols of segregation have vanished, but the underlying patterns of division persist in quieter, more complex ways. During the Jim Crow era, exclusion...
On June 27, 1911, a large mob of several hundred unmasked white men in Walton County, Georgia, lynched two Black men, Tom Allen and Joe Watts.
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The killings occurred after local judge Charles H. Brand declined offers of protection from state troops, despite knowing for weeks that mob violence was likely....