Red Summer of 1919
African American veterans returned home from World War I eager to continue the fight for freedom at home. Many black soldiers returned from the war...
Category : History
Moore’s Ford Bridge
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On July 25, 1946, two black couples were lynched near Moore’s Ford Bridge in Walton County, Georgia, in what has been called “the last mass...
Norman B. Rice
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Norman B. Rice was born in Denver, Colorado. He migrated to Seattle in 1970 to attend college. In 1972 he earned a bachelor’s degree in...
Reginald Francis Lewis
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Reginald Francis Lewis was born to a working-class family in East Baltimore on December 7, 1942. His strong work ethic was evident early when in...
Alyce Faye Wattleton
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From 1978 to 1992, Alyce Faye Wattleton held the stage as an articulate defender of reproductive rights for U.S. women. As president of the Planned...
Marian Wright Edelman
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Marian Wright Edelman, née Marian Wright, (born June 6, 1939, Bennettsville, South Carolina, U.S.), American lawyer and civil rights activist who founded the Children’s Defense...
Constance Baker Motley
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Constance Baker Motley was born on September 14, 1921, in New Haven, Connecticut. She was the ninth child in a family of 12 children. Her...
Beverly Johnson
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Beverly Johnson is a model, actress, singer, and businesswoman who in 1971 became the first African American woman to appear on the cover of a...
Jesse B. Blayton, Sr
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Jesse B. Blayton, Sr., was a pioneer African American radio station entrepreneur. Blayton founded WERD-AM in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3, 1949, making him the...
Andrew Felton Brimmer
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A writer, an economist and an advocate for affirmative action, Andrew Felton Brimmer is best known as the first African American to hold a governorship...