The Delaware Precursor to School Desegregation In the annals of American civil rights history, few cases loom as large as Brown v. Board of Education...
In 1946, Albert Einstein, the world-renowned physicist and Nobel laureate, made a bold and symbolic gesture by visiting Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, the first degree-granting...
Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy, was brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1955, a crime that became a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights...
Felix Tijerina (1905–1965) was a Mexican-American businessman, community leader, and advocate for Mexican-American rights, born in Sugar Land, Texas. Raised in a working-class family, Tijerina...
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), founded in 1929 in Corpus Christi, Texas, is the oldest and one of the most prominent Hispanic...
James Alexander Hood was a pioneering African American civil rights activist and educator, best known for his role in desegregating the University of Alabama in...
Vivian Malone Jones (July 15, 1942 – October 13, 2005) was a pioneering civil rights figure whose courage and determination helped break racial barriers in...
A Historical and Contemporary Perspective Racial integration in the United States has been a complex, evolving process marked by significant milestones, persistent challenges, and ongoing...
The Three-Fifths Compromise had profound implications for American politics and society that extended well beyond its mathematical formula. The compromise appears in Article I, Section...