Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes was a Haitian-American writer, historian, and civil rights advocate. He is best known for his efforts to preserve and promote the history...
Calvin Littlejohn was an American photographer known for his contributions to the field of photojournalism, particularly in documenting the civil rights movement in the United...
William Lambert was an abolitionist and civil rights activist who played a significant role in the fight against slavery and the advancement of civil rights...
Dr. Emory Hestus Holmes was an African-American physician and civil rights activist. He was born on September 8, 1873, in Washington County, Texas, and died...
Donald “Muggsy” Murray was a pioneering African American student-athlete at the University of Maryland in the early 1960s. He was born on January 4, 1941,...
Murray v. Maryland (1936) was a landmark civil rights case in the United States that challenged the practice of segregation in higher education. The case...
Herbert Lee was a voting rights activist who worked to register African Americans to vote in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement. At the time,...
Willie Louis (also known as Willie Reed) was born on September 13, 1937, in Greenwood, Mississippi, to sharecropper parents. As a young man, he worked...
Mamie Till Bradley (1921-2003) was an American activist and mother whose tireless efforts brought national attention to the brutal murder of her son, Emmett Till,...