The Black Power movement
The Black Power movement was a social and political movement that emerged in the United States in the mid-1960s and lasted into the 1970s. The...
Category : Civil Rights
Vernon Napoleon Johns
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Vernon Napoleon Johns (1892-1965) was a prominent American minister and civil rights activist whose impact on the early stages of the civil rights movement in...
Khalid Abdul Muhammad
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A Controversial Voice in the Fight for Black Empowerment Khalid Abdul Muhammad, a polarizing figure within the African-American community and beyond, was a man whose...
White Supremacy
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Global White Supremacy: An Examination of Its History, Ideologies, and Contemporary Manifestations White supremacy, a deeply rooted and historically pervasive ideology, posits the inherent superiority...
Recy Taylor
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Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old sharecropper, was tragically gang-raped in September 1944 in Abbeville, Alabama. Despite the efforts of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, a nationwide...
The Freedmen’s Bureau
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The Freedmen’s Bureau, formally known as the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, was established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former...
Albert Boutwell
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During the Birmingham Campaign of 1963, Martin Luther King addressed Mayor Albert Boutwell in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” writing that he hoped the Birmingham...
Sarah Jane Smith Thompson Garnet
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Sarah Jane Smith Thompson Garnet holds a distinguished place in history as the first Black female principal of a New York City public school and...