The Abolition Movement
As the enslavement of African-Americans became a preferred aspect of the United States’ society, people began questioning the morality of bondage. Throughout the 18th and...
Category : Civil Rights
The History of Lynchings in The United States
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Lynching in the United States represents one of the darkest chapters in the nation’s racial history—a form of extrajudicial violence where mobs publicly executed individuals...
Harry Belafonte
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Harry Belafonte is a prominent figure in the entertainment industry, known for his multifaceted career as a singer, actor, and social activist. With a career...
Thurgood Marshall
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Thurgood Marshall was a prominent American lawyer and civil rights activist who played a pivotal role in the struggle for racial equality in the United...
Eugene “Bull” Connor
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Theophilus Eugene “Bull” Connor (July 11, 1897 – March 10, 1973) was a prominent Alabama politician and law enforcement official whose long career in public...
Melba Pattillo
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Melba Pattillo Beals made history as a member of the Little Rock Nine, the nine African-American students involved in the desegregation of Little Rock Central...
The Great Migration
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During the Great Migration, African Americans faced many challenges, including discrimination, racism, and violence in the North. Housing discrimination was widespread, with many African Americans...
Universal Negro Improvement Association
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Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), primarily in the United States, organization founded by Marcus Garvey (q.v.), dedicated to racial pride, economic self-sufficiency, and the formation...
Arna Bontemps
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Arna Bontemps, born Arna Wendell Bontemps on October 13, 1902, in Alexandria, Louisiana, was an influential American writer who dedicated his work to depicting the...
The Crisis Magazine
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The Crisis magazine, published by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), holds a significant place in the history of African American...