Isaac Hopper
The Quakers emerged as the most formidable architects of the Underground Railroad, their religious conviction translating into bold, systematic resistance against slavery. As early as...
Category : Civil Rights
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
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Following increased pressure from Southern politicians, Congress passed a revised Fugitive Slave Act in 1850. Part of Henry Clay’s famed Compromise of 1850—a group of...
Levi Coffin
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Levi Coffin, (born October 28, 1798, New Garden “now in Greensboro”, North Carolina, U.S.—died September 16, 1877, Cincinnati, Ohio), an American abolitionist, called the “President...
Lynching Preachers
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The Role of Religion and Racial Violence in America’s Lynching Era: How black pastors resisted Jim Crow and white pastors incited racial violence. Between 1883...
Elizabeth Ann Eckford
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Elizabeth Ann Eckford made history as a member of the Little Rock Nine, the nine African-American students who desegregated Little Rock Central High School in...
Lucious Christopher “L.C.” Bates
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Lucious Christopher “L.C.” Bates was the founder of the Arkansas State Press newspaper, where he used the voice of the paper to help attack the...
Charles Evers
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James Charles Evers was born in Decatur, Mississippi to James Evers, a laborer, and Jesse Wright Evers, a maid. He was the eldest of four...
The Atlanta Negro Voters League
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The Atlanta Negro Voters League (ANVL) was a bipartisan political organization started by Black leaders in 1949 to form a united front to maximize the...