Hosea Williams
Hosea Williams was Martin Luther King Jr.’s trusted officer of the SCLC during the Civil Rights Movement and later led Georgia’s biggest civil rights march....
Category : Civil Rights
Booker T. Washington
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Booker T. Washington was a prominent African American educator, author, and leader in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born into slavery...
Plessy v. Ferguson
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Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. The...
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution
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The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, abolished slavery in the...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels...
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution
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The 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is a pivotal piece of legislation that has had a profound impact on the country’s...
The Selma to Montgomery march
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The Selma to Montgomery march was part of a series of civil-rights protests that occurred in 1965 in Alabama, a Southern state with deeply entrenched...
The SNCC – The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was founded in 1960 in the wake of student-led sit-ins at segregated lunch counters across the South and became...
Martin Luther King Jr
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Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent figure in the American civil rights movement. Born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, he dedicated his...