Aurelia Shines Browder
Aurelia Shines Browder was a prominent civil rights activist and educator who played a significant role in the fight against racial segregation in the United...
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Fred David Gray
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Fred David Gray is a name synonymous with the civil rights movement. Born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, Gray’s career as a lawyer has been...
Browder v. Gayle
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Browder v. Gayle, 142 F. Supp. 707 (1956), was a landmark case in the civil rights movement in the United States. The case challenged the...
James Fred Blake – The bus driver who called the police on Rosa Parks
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James Fred Blake (April 14, 1912 – March 21, 2002) was an American bus driver in Montgomery, Alabama, whom Rosa Parks defied in 1955, prompting...
Moorfield Storey
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Moorfield Storey (March 19, 1845 – October 24, 1929) was an American lawyer, anti-imperial activist, and civil rights leader based in Boston, Massachusetts. According to...
Julius Malema
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Julius Malema, in full Julius Sello Malema, (born March 3, 1981, Seshego township, South Africa), South African politician known for his fiery outspoken nature and...
British South Africa Company
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British South Africa Company (BSAC, BSACO, or BSA Company), a mercantile company based in London that was incorporated in October 1889 under a royal charter...
Cetshwayo kaMpande
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Cetshwayo kaMpande also spelled Cetewayo, (born c. 1826, near Eshowe, Zululand [now in South Africa]—died Feb. 8, 1884, Eshowe), last great king of the independent...
Anglo-Zulu War
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Anglo-Zulu War, also known as Zulu War, decisive six-month war in 1879 in Southern Africa, resulting in British victory over the Zulus. During the second...
King Dinuzulu
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Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo succeeded Cetshwayo as king of the Zulu nation in 1884. At the time, Zululand was experiencing a process of national disintegration. After the...