Rosa Parks
By refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus in 1955, black seamstress Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped...
Category : Civil Rights
Father Divine
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Father Divine’s Peace Mission remains one of the most unorthodox religious movements in America. He may or may not have been born George Baker, either...
James Farmer
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Civil rights leader James Farmer headed the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and organized the historic Freedom Rides of 1961. Born on January 12, 1920,...
Ida B. Wells
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Ida B. Wells was an African American journalist, educator, suffragist, and civil rights activist who lived from July 16, 1862, to March 25, 1931. She...
A. Philip Randolph
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A. Philip Randolph was a trailblazing leader, organizer, and social activist who championed equitable labor rights for African-American communities during the 20th century. Labor leader...
Brown v. Board of Education
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children...
The Little Rock Nine
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The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine black students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September...
Daisy Bates
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Daisy Bates was an African American civil rights activist and newspaper publisher who documented the battle to end segregation in Arkansas. Daisy Bates was born...
Sojourner Truth
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Sojourner Truth was an African American evangelist, abolitionist, women’s rights activist, and author who was born into slavery before escaping to freedom in 1826. After...
Dred Scott
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Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his...