Albert Boutwell
During the Birmingham Campaign of 1963, Martin Luther King addressed Mayor Albert Boutwell in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” writing that he hoped the Birmingham...
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Maude Craig
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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...
Oscar DePriest
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Oscar DePriest was a trailblazing figure in American politics, becoming the first African-American congressman from the North when he was elected to represent Illinois in...
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
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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 Moynihan Report: The Negro Family, the Case for National Action
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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,...
Charles Rangel
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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
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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...
Ku Klux Klan Act
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With the passage of the Third Force Act, popularly known as the Ku Klux Act, Congress authorizes President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law,...
Force Acts
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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....
The Kerner Commission
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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...