The Niagara Movement
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...
Category : Civil Rights
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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Pioneering Scholar in Critical Race Theory Kimberlé Crenshaw is a distinguished scholar, educator, and thought leader whose work has profoundly shaped the fields of critical...
The Liberator
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The Liberator, a weekly newspaper founded by the prominent abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, played a pivotal role in shaping the discourse around slavery in the...
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), government agency established on July 2, 1965, by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to “ensure equality...
Affirmative Action
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Affirmative action, in the United States, an active effort to improve employment or educational opportunities for members of minority groups and for women. Affirmative action...
Oscar J. Dunn
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Louisiana’s First Black Lieutenant Governor Oscar J. Dunn is significant in Louisiana’s history as the first Black Lieutenant Governor. Born in New Orleans, Dunn’s life...
Murder of Octavius Catto
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Octavius V. Catto fought for a variety of causes related to desegregating public services and preventing discrimination against African Americans in politics and sports. A...
Octavius Valentine Catto
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Octavius Valentine Catto was a prominent Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, activist, scholar, athlete, and military officer in the National Guard during the Civil War. Â Catto was born...
Ruby Bridges, the first African-American to attend a white elementary school in the deep South, 1960
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On the road to Civil Rights, even children became public figures, such as six-year-old Ruby Bridges, who integrated an all-white elementary school in New Orleans...