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Remembering Emmett Till’s Brutal Murder
Today, we honor Emmett Till, who was born in Chicago on July 25, 1941, and brutally murdered in Mississippi on...
Today, we honor Emmett Till, who was born in Chicago on July 25, 1941, and brutally murdered in Mississippi on...
Dr. Julius Garvey has a lot to celebrate. His father’s life and legacy is part of the Smithsonian’s National Museum...
In our classrooms and textbooks, we typically read about Jackie Robinson breaking the color line in Major League Baseball as...
Stax Records was more than a music machine releasing hits by the likes of Otis Redding and The Staple Singers....
From the hard marble floors of the Florida Capitol, to the capital of the United States, Dream Defenders and the...
Simeon Booker—the dapper, bespectacled “Man From JET,” as he was known far and wide during the Civil Rights Movement era...
On June 12, 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was gunned in the driveway of his Mississippi home. Evers fought...
The name Whitney Young (1921-1971) may ring a bell because it’s the name of the Chicago magnet high school Michelle...
Stokely Carmichael’s defiance and opposition during “The Movement” made him one of the most influential leaders of his time. The...
The post-Civil Rights era has seen advances in civil liberties, but they are juxtaposed by a state of neo-slavery. African-American...