Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes
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...
Category : Civil Rights
Calvin Littlejohn
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,...
Amzie Moore
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Amzie Moore was an African-American civil rights leader, born on September 23, 1911, in rural Mississippi, USA. He was a key figure in the civil...
Willie Louis
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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
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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,...