Senator Benjamin R.“Pitchfork Ben” Tillman Justifies Violence Against Southern Blacks
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...
Category : Civil Rights
Michelle Alexander
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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
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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
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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.
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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...
The Lynching of Jesse Washington in Waco: The “Waco Horror” of 1916
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On May 15, 1916, in Waco, Texas, a 17-year-old African American farmhand named Jesse Washington was brutally lynched by a white mob in front of...
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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Robert James Hutton, widely known as “Lil’ Bobby” or “Little Bobby Hutton,” was born on April 21, 1950, in Jefferson County, Arkansas, near Pine Bluff....