South Carolina, September 9, 1739: A band of slaves march down the road, carrying banners that proclaim “Liberty!”. They shout out the same word. Led...
A Pioneering Figure in Portuguese Exploration Henry the Navigator, born Henrique on March 4, 1394, in Porto, Portugal, was a Portuguese prince renowned for his...
Bobby Seale, born Robert George Seale on October 22, 1936, in Dallas, Texas (some sources note Liberty, Texas), is a pioneering African American revolutionary, political...
Leroy Eldridge Cleaver was born on August 31, 1935, in Wabbaseka, Arkansas, to Leroy Cleaver, a nightclub entertainer and waiter, and Thelma Hattie Robinson Cleaver,...
Elaine Brown (born March 2, 1943) is an American activist, writer, singer-songwriter, and prison reform advocate best known as the first and only woman to...
Ruby Bridges, in full Ruby Nell Bridges, married name Ruby Bridges-Hall, (born September 8, 1954, Tylertown, Mississippi, U.S.), American activist who became a symbol of...