George Shirley
The first black member of the U.S. Army Chorus, George Shirley went on to become the first African-American tenor placed under contract by the Metropolitan...
Author : joe bodego
Sterling Brown
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Sterling Allen Brown (May 1, 1901 – January 13, 1989) was a black professor, folklorist, poet, and literary critic. He chiefly studied the black culture...
Johnnie Cochran
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Attorney Johnnie Cochran took on highly publicized police brutality cases and defended such celebrity clients as Michael Jackson and O. J. Simpson. Johnnie Cochran established...
Robert Francis Kennedy
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Robert Francis Kennedy, commonly known as RFK, was born on November 20, 1925, in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was the seventh of nine children born to...
J. Edgar Hoover
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J. Edgar Hoover joined the Justice Department in 1917 and was named director of the Department’s Bureau of Investigation in 1924. When the Bureau reorganized...
Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter
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A Revolutionary Leader Remembered Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter was a pivotal figure in the Black Panther Party, particularly in the Los Angeles chapter, until his tragic...
COINTELPRO
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The FBI ran a domestic counter-intelligence program (COINTELPRO) that quickly evolved from a legitimate effort to protect national security from hostile foreign threats into an...
Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt
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Born Elmer Gerard Pratt in Louisiana, 1947; son of Eunice Petty Pratt and her husband, a scrap metal dealer; married Sandra Pratt, who was murdered...
The Black Liberation Army (BLA)
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The Black Liberation Army (BLA) was an underground, black nationalist-Marxist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981. Composed largely of...