Tommie Smith and John Carlos
Wearing beads and scarves to oppose lynchings and black socks with no shoes to highlight poverty, African American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos took...
Thurgood Marshall
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Thurgood Marshall was a prominent American lawyer and civil rights activist who played a pivotal role in the struggle for racial equality in the United...
Melba Pattillo
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Melba Pattillo Beals made history as a member of the Little Rock Nine, the nine African-American students involved in the desegregation of Little Rock Central...
Eugene “Bull” Connor
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Theophilus Eugene “Bull” Connor (July 11, 1897 – March 10, 1973) was a prominent Alabama politician and law enforcement official whose long career in public...
Dinah Washington
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Dinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones, was an American singer and pianist who achieved great success in the genres of jazz, blues, and R&B. She...
Moms Mabley
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Moms Mabley, born Loretta Mary Aiken on March 19, 1894, in Brevard, North Carolina, was a groundbreaking African American comedienne who rose to fame in...
Lionel Hampton
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Lionel Hampton, in full Lionel Leo Hampton, byname Hamp, (born April 20, 1908, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.—died August 31, 2002, New York, New York), American jazz...
Motown Records
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Motown Records, also known as Tamla-Motown, is an American record label that played a significant role in the integration of popular music. Founded by Berry...
Art Tatum
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Art Tatum, born Arthur Tatum, Jr., on October 13, 1909, in Toledo, Ohio, was a remarkable American pianist whose impact on jazz music is still...
Cootie Williams
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Cootie Williams, born Charles Melvin Williams on July 24, 1908, in Mobile, Alabama, was an African-American trumpeter known for his mastery of mutes and expressive...