Ira Wilmer “Will” Counts Jr.
Ira Wilmer “Will” Counts Jr. (August 24, 1931 – October 6, 2001) was an American photojournalist and educator best known for his powerful images documenting...
Category : Civil Rights
James Bonard Fowler
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James Bonard Fowler (September 10, 1933 – July 5, 2015) was an Alabama state trooper best known for fatally shooting civil rights activist Jimmie Lee...
Robert Chambliss
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Klan Activities and Violence Chambliss was linked to multiple acts of racial intimidation and violence in Birmingham from the 1940s onward. He was suspected of...
William Lewis Moore
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William Lewis Moore (April 28, 1927 – April 23, 1963) was an American postal worker, former Marine, and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) activist known...
Albert Jennings “Al” Lingo
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Role During the Civil Rights Era (1963–1965) Lingo’s tenure coincided with intense conflict over desegregation and voting rights. Historians (including Dan T. Carter) and contemporary...
Virgil Blossom
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Virgil Tracy Blossom (October 31, 1906 – January 15, 1965) was an American educator and school administrator best known as superintendent of the Little Rock...
Walter Lee Gadsden
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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...
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...