Booker T. Washington – Atlanta Compromise Speech
On September 18, 1895, African-American spokesman and leader Booker T. Washington spoke before a predominantly white audience at the Cotton States and International Exposition in...
Author : joe bodego
Briggs v. Elliott
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Briggs v. Elliott was a pivotal court case in the United States that contributed to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954,...
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
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On Feb. 12, 1946, Sergeant Isaac Woodard, 26, had just returned to the U.S. from fighting abroad in World War II and was on a...
Robert Allen Cole
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Robert Allen Cole was born on July 1, 1868, in Athens, Georgia, the son of former slaves. Like Will Marion Cook and James Reese Europe,...
J. Rosamond Johnson (John Rosamond), 1873-1954
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John Rosamond Johnson was one of the more important figures in black music in the first part of the 20th century, usually in partnership with...
The Black National Anthem (1900)
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Words: James Weldon Johnson Music: John Rosamond Johnson Lift every voice and sing, till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of liberty; Let...
Desegregation of the Armed Forces
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On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces, establishing the Committee on Equality of Treatment and...
Harry S. Truman
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Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. Born on May 8, 1884, in Lamar, Missouri, Truman...
Cecil B. Moore
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Cecil B. Moore was a defense attorney and civil rights activist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Through pickets and other protests, he helped to integrate construction sites,...
Mary White Ovington
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Mary White Ovington, (born April 11, 1865, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died July 15, 1951, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts), American civil rights activist, one of the white reformers...