Moses Newson
When the Freedom Riders risked their lives in 1961 to protest the segregated bus system in the American south, Moses Newson was there. When the...
Category : Civil Rights
Clara Mae Luper
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Clara Mae Luper, a prominent civil rights leader, was born on May 3, 1923, in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, to Ezell and Isabell Shepard. Growing up...
Sheriff Jim Clark
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In the annals of American civil rights history, few figures have left as indelible a mark as Sheriff Jim Clark. Clark, who served as the...
CORDY TINDELL “C.T.” VIVIAN
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Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian was an influential leader in the American civil rights movement. Born on July 30, 1924, in Missouri, Vivian dedicated his life...
Ku Klux Klan Act
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With the passage of the Third Force Act, popularly known as the Ku Klux Act, Congress authorizes President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law,...
Force Acts
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Congress enacted three statutes in 1870 and 1871 to protect the right of blacks to vote in the southern states and to suppress anti-reconstruction terrorism....
Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter From a Birmingham Jail”
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My Dear Fellow Clergymen While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise and untimely.”...
The Poor People’s Campaign
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The Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) was created on December 4, 1967, by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to address the issues of unemployment, housing...