Patterson v. Alabama
Patterson v. Alabama (294 U.S. 600) was a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court decision resulting from the controversial Scottsboro Trials, which began in 1931. The high...
Category : History
Scottsboro Case
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On March 25, 1931, nine African Americans ranging in age from thirteen to twenty-one were arrested for allegedly raping two white women on board a...
Dr. Kenneth Clark
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Dr. Kenneth Clark is a renowned figure in the field of psychology, known for his groundbreaking work on racial identity and the effects of segregation...
John Hope Franklin
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John Hope Franklin was a prominent historian, educator, and author who made significant contributions to the study of African American history. Born on January 2,...
Albert Jackson
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Born into slavery in Delaware during the late 1850s, Albert Jackson became the first Black letter carrier in Toronto and one of the few people...
Fugitive slave
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Fugitive slave, any individual who escaped from slavery in the period before and including the American Civil War. In general, they fled to Canada or...
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), government agency established on July 2, 1965, by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to “ensure equality...
Rodney Glen King
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Rodney Glen King, American personality (born April 2, 1965, Sacramento, Calif.—died June 17, 2012, Rialto, Calif.), was an African American construction worker whose videotaped beating...
Affirmative Action
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Affirmative action, in the United States, an active effort to improve employment or educational opportunities for members of minority groups and for women. Affirmative action...
White Abolitionists Still Viewed Black People as Inferior
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White Abolitionists Ran the Movement According to Amherst College Black Studies professor David Blight, the issue of the race carried over into the abolitionist movement....