The Kerner Commission
In 1967 amidst a surge of riots in American cities, President Lyndon B. Johnson organized a commission chaired by Illinois Governor Otto Kerner, Jr. to...
Category : Civil Rights
Aurelia Shines Browder
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Aurelia Shines Browder was a prominent civil rights activist and educator who played a significant role in the fight against racial segregation in the United...
Fred David Gray
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Fred David Gray is a name synonymous with the civil rights movement. Born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, Gray’s career as a lawyer has been...
Browder v. Gayle
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Browder v. Gayle, 142 F. Supp. 707 (1956), was a landmark case in the civil rights movement in the United States. The case challenged the...
James Fred Blake – The bus driver who called the police on Rosa Parks
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James Fred Blake (April 14, 1912 – March 21, 2002) was an American bus driver in Montgomery, Alabama, whom Rosa Parks defied in 1955, prompting...
Moorfield Storey
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Moorfield Storey (March 19, 1845 – October 24, 1929) was an American lawyer, anti-imperial activist, and civil rights leader based in Boston, Massachusetts. According to...
Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter
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Revolutionary hero Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter was the leader of the Los Angeles chapter of the Black Panther Party until his death, which was instigated, promoted,...
Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt
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Born Elmer Gerard Pratt in Louisiana, 1947; son of Eunice Petty Pratt and her husband, a scrap metal dealer; married Sandra Pratt, who was murdered...
Separate But Equal
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“Separate but equal” refers to the infamously racist decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) that allowed the use of segregation...
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
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The Civil Rights Act of 1866 (14 Stat. 27) was a momentous chapter in the development of civic equality for newly emancipated blacks in the...