Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton, in full Alfred Charles Sharpton, Jr., (born October 3, 1954, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.), American civil rights activist and minister. Sharpton began preaching...
Category : Civil Rights
War on Poverty
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The Civil Rights Movement and investigative journalism combined in the early 1960s, inciting a nation to address the growing problem of poverty in America. A...
William Henry Hastie
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William Henry Hastie was a prominent figure in American history, known for his significant contributions to the legal profession and civil rights movement. Born on...
Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr
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Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr., who eventually served on the United States Court of Appeals, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1928. His mother, Emma...
Patterson v. Alabama
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Patterson v. Alabama (294 U.S. 600) was a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court decision resulting from the controversial Scottsboro Trials, which began in 1931. The high...
Scottsboro Case
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On March 25, 1931, nine African Americans ranging in age from thirteen to twenty-one were arrested for allegedly raping two white women on board a...
William Monroe Trotter
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William Monroe Trotter was a major early twentieth-century civil rights activist known primarily for launching the first major challenge to the political dominance of Tuskegee...
The Niagara Movement
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The Niagara Movement was a civil rights group organized by W.E.B. DuBois and William Monroe Trotter in July 1905. After being denied admittance to hotels...
Mary Frances Berry
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Mary Frances Berry is an esteemed figure in the field of civil rights and social justice. With a career spanning decades, she has made significant...
Kimberlé Crenshaw
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Kimberlé Crenshaw teaches Civil Rights and other courses in critical race studies and constitutional law. Her primary scholarly interests center around race and the law,...