civil rights movement
Today, we honor Emmett Till, who was born in Chicago on July 25, 1941, and brutally murdered in Mississippi on Aug. 28, 1955. His death was a Civil RIghts Movement catalyst.
Dr. Julius Garvey has a lot to celebrate. His father’s life and legacy is part…
In our classrooms and textbooks, we typically read about Jackie Robinson breaking the color line…
Stax Records was more than a music machine releasing hits by the likes of Otis…
From the hard marble floors of the Florida Capitol, to the capital of the United…
Simeon Booker—the dapper, bespectacled “Man From JET,” as he was known far and wide during…
On June 12, 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was gunned in the driveway of…
The name Whitney Young (1921-1971) may ring a bell because it’s the name of the…
Stokely Carmichael’s defiance and opposition during “The Movement” made him one of the most influential…
The post-Civil Rights era has seen advances in civil liberties, but they are juxtaposed by…
