Walter Lee Gadsden
Walter Lee Gadsden (born around 1947/1948 – died after 1996) was an African American man best known as the subject of one of the most...
Category : Civil Rights
Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox Rejects Justice Department Demand for Immediate School Integration
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On July 10, 1969, Georgia Governor Lester Maddox rejected demands from the U.S. Justice Department to integrate the state’s public schools immediately. In a televised...
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States
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Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964): A Landmark Victory for Civil Rights and the Commerce Clause In the summer of 1964, President...
Cecil J. Williams
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Cecil J. Williams (born November 26, 1937) is an acclaimed American photographer, publisher, author, inventor, and civil rights documentarian from Orangeburg, South Carolina. He is...
The Federal Anti-Lynching Legislation: A Century-Long Struggle for Justice
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Lynching—the extrajudicial killing of individuals, often by mobs, typically as a form of racial terror—cast a long shadow over American history, particularly in the post-Reconstruction...
Jack Chatfield
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Jack Chatfield (July 20, 1942 – September 18, 2014) was an American historian, educator, and civil rights activist known for his courageous work with the...
Sheriff’s Deputies in Gadsden, Alabama, Use Cattle Prods to Torture Civil Rights Demonstrators
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On June 18, 1963, law enforcement officers in Gadsden, Alabama, deployed electric cattle prods against hundreds of Black civil rights protesters during a major sit-in...
Rev. George Washington Lee
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Rev. George Washington Lee (December 25, 1903 – May 7, 1955) was an African American Baptist minister, entrepreneur, civil rights leader, and voting rights activist...
The Chicago Real Estate Board’s Expulsion of Members Selling Homes to Black Families
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On May 4, 1921, the Chicago Real Estate Board took a decisive step to enforce racial segregation in housing. In a unanimous vote, the Board...
United States v. Cruikshank
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United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1876) is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision from the Reconstruction Era that significantly limited federal authority to...