Month April 2024
The 1957 Royal Ice Cream Sit-In marked the first significant challenge to North Carolina’s Segregation laws. It also paved the way for the famous 1960 Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-In. Click the link to learn more.
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Known as the “Father of The Underground Railroad,” William Still played a pivotal role in helping enslaved people of African descent escape slavery. Click the link to learn more.
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The 1919 Elaine Massacre is one of the deadliest events of racial violence in U.S. History and resulted in a landmark Supreme Court decision that challenged the use of racial violence and coercion against Black defendants. Click the link to learn more.
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In 1831, enslaved African American preacher Nat Turner launched a slave uprising, believing that a solar eclipse was a sign from God to begin the rebellion. Click the link to learn more.
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The National League For The Protection of Colored Women was founded by S.W. Layton and Frances Kellor to assist black women domestic workers migrating to the north in search of domestic work. Click the link to learn more.
