Eugene “Bull” Connor
Eugene “Bull” Connor was the Birmingham public safety commissioner whose ideologies and orders were in direct opposition to the Civil Rights Movement. Born on July...
Category : History
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...
The Stamp Act of 1765
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The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government. The act, which imposed a tax...
Magna Carta
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By 1215, thanks to years of unsuccessful foreign policies and heavy taxation demands, England’s King John was facing down a possible rebellion by the country’s...
Alexander Hamilton
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Though he never attained the highest office of his adopted country, few of America’s founders influenced its political system more than Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804). Born...
Emancipation Proclamation
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But the president’s role as commander in chief cut two ways. If it restrained him from alienating proslavery Unionists, it also empowered him to seize...
Robert E. Lee
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Robert E. Lee was an American soldier and Confederate general during the American Civil War. He was born on January 19, 1807, in Stratford Hall,...
The Harlem Renaissance
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A Cultural Awakening The Harlem Renaissance, spanning roughly from 1918 to 1937, was a profound blossoming of African American culture centered in the Harlem neighborhood...