Affirmative Action
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...
Category : Civil Rights
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. 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...
Thomas Fortune
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T. Thomas Fortune, also known as Timothy Thomas Fortune, was a prominent figure in American journalism during the late 19th century. Born on October 3,...
Crystal Bird Fauset
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Crystal Dreda Bird Fauset was a trailblazing civil rights activist, social worker, educator, and politician, renowned as the first African American woman elected to a...
Raymond Pace Alexander
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A Legacy of Civil Rights Activism and Legal Prowess Raymond Pace Alexander, a prominent figure in the civil rights movement, was born on October 19,...
William Lloyd Garrison
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A Crusader for Abolition William Lloyd Garrison stands as one of the most prominent figures in the history of the American abolitionist movement. As a...
Dovey Johnson Roundtree
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A Trailblazer for Civil Rights and Justice Dovey Johnson Roundtree, born Dovey Mae Johnson on April 17, 1914, in Charlotte, North Carolina, was a remarkable...