The Suffragettes Were Not Allies to Black Women, They Were Racist
This week America celebrated the 99th anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s passage, which granted women the right to vote. However, like much of American history,...
Category : Civil Rights
James G. “Jim” Clark Jr.
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James G. “Jim” Clark Jr. (1922–2007) was the sheriff of Dallas County from 1955 to 1966. He, along with other Alabama officials, was responsible for...
Before Emmett Till, 17-year-old Jesse Washington was roasted to death by a white mob and captured on camera for postcards
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Large crowd looking at the burned body of Jesse Washington, 18-year-old African American, lynched in Waco, Texas, May 15, 1916 The murder of black boys George...
C. Delores Tucker
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C. Delores Tucker is best remembered as a civil rights trailblazer who fought for women of color and toward the end of her life against profane and misogynist lyrics in hip-hop/...
Benjamin Sterling Turner
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Benjamin Sterling Turner was born on March 17, 1825, in Weldon, North Carolina, as a slave. He had no formal education as a child, but...
RICHARD C. BOONE: CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST KNOWN FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE SELMA MARCH
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Richard C. Boone was an African-American civil rights activist known for his involvement in the Selma march of 1965. In 1965, Boone led a group...
Bobby Hutton
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Bobby Hutton was an influential figure in the civil rights movement in the United States. Born on April 21, 1950, in Jefferson County, Arkansas, Hutton...
Elbert Williams
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Elbert Williams is the first known member of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to be murdered for his civil rights...
Clyde Kennard
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Clyde Kennard was an African American activist who pioneered the desegregation of higher education in Mississippi. After applying multiple times to Mississippi Southern College (now the University of Southern Mississippi),...
Vernon Dahmer
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Vernon Dahmer was born in 1908Â in the Kelly Settlement, Forrest County, Mississippi, his parents were Ellen Louvenia (Kelly) and George Washington Dahmer. George Dahmer...