Virgil Blossom
Virgil Tracy Blossom (October 31, 1906 – January 15, 1965) was an American educator and school administrator best known as superintendent of the Little Rock...
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Victor Hugo Green
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After Green died in Manhattan on October 16, 1960 (at age 67; he was buried in Hackensack Cemetery, New Jersey), his wife Alma continued editing...
Walter Lee Gadsden
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Walter Lee Gadsden (born around 1947/1948 – died after 1996) was an African American man best known as the subject of one of the most...
Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox Rejects Justice Department Demand for Immediate School Integration
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On July 10, 1969, Georgia Governor Lester Maddox rejected demands from the U.S. Justice Department to integrate the state’s public schools immediately. In a televised...
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States
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Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964): A Landmark Victory for Civil Rights and the Commerce Clause In the summer of 1964, President...
Atlanta Hotel Denies Room to Nobel Laureate Dr. Ralph Bunche (1962)
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On June 28, 1962, a hotel in Atlanta denied a room to Dr. Ralph Bunche, a distinguished diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, solely because...
Subtle Barriers: Segregation’s New Face
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The overt symbols of segregation have vanished, but the underlying patterns of division persist in quieter, more complex ways. During the Jim Crow era, exclusion...
The Lynch Law: From Revolutionary Frontier Justice to Racial Terror
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The term “Lynch Law” (later “lynching”) occupies a dark and complex place in American history. Its origins lie in the patriotic zeal and wartime exigencies...
Charles Lynch
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Charles Lynch was a Virginia planter, justice of the peace, politician, and militia colonel whose extrajudicial actions during the American Revolutionary War originated the term...