Maude Evangeline Craig Sampson Williams (1880-1958), a suffragist, civil rights activist, and educator, was born and raised in East Central Austin. After she graduated from...
Although the economic well-being and prosperity of the United States have progressed to a level surpassing any achieved in world history, and although these benefits are widely...
The Negro Family: The Case For National Action Office of Policy Planning and Research United States Department of Labor March 1965 Two hundred years ago,...
Known in his Harlem, New York, district as the “Lion of Lenox Avenue,” Representative Charles B. Rangel rose to become the first African-American chairman of...
Louis E. Martin, newspaper editor, and political activist served as an advisor to three American presidents and influenced the placement of African Americans into high...
Congress enacted three statutes in 1870 and 1871 to protect the right of blacks to vote in the southern states and to suppress anti-reconstruction terrorism....
In 1967 amidst a surge of riots in American cities, President Lyndon B. Johnson organized a commission chaired by Illinois Governor Otto Kerner, Jr. to...
Robert Kennedy was attorney general during his brother John F. Kennedy’s administration. He later served as a U.S. Senator and was assassinated during his run...