Viola Liuzzo
Viola Liuzzo was an American civil rights activist who played a significant role in the fight for racial equality during the 1960s. Born in California...
Category : Civil Rights
White Mob Lynched Cleo Wright in Sikeston, Missouri
02197
In the early hours of Sunday, January 25, 1942, a black man named Cleo Wright was arrested on charges of assaulting a white woman. Wright...
Long-awaited justice in cop’s killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson, whose death helped spark Alabama civil rights marches
02511
After decades of waiting, justice has finally been served in the case of the killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson. Jackson’s death, which occurred in 1965,...
Senator Benjamin R.“Pitchfork Ben” Tillman Justifies Violence Against Southern Blacks
03130
In this March 23, 1900, speech before the U.S. Senate, Senator Benjamin R. “Pitchfork Ben” Tillman of South Carolina defended the actions of his white...
Michelle Alexander
01926
Michelle Alexander is a civil rights lawyer, advocate, professor, and scholar who is best known for her acclaimed work The New Jim Crow (2010). Born...
Considering History: The Role of Women in the Lynching Epidemic
01441
On February 14, Senator Kamala Harris introduced legislation into the Senate that would for the first time in American history make lynching a federal crime....
The Suffragettes Were Not Allies to Black Women, They Were Racist
01925
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,...
James G. “Jim” Clark Jr.
0520
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
02546
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
02067
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/...