February 28, 2025Emerging from the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike, the "I AM A MAN" poster became a powerful symbol of dignity…
February 25, 2025This post explores the Dockum Drug Store Sit-In of 1958, the first major organized sit-in protest against segregation in the…
February 21, 2025Belford Vance Lawson Jr. was the first Black lawyer to argue and win a case before the U.S. Supreme Court…
February 9, 2025Rachel Robinson is more than the wife of baseball legend, Jackie Robinson—she's a trailblazer in her own right. Click the…
May 28, 2024On May 26, 1956, Florida A&M students Carrie Patterson and Wilhelmina Jakes refused to give up their seats in the…
April 16, 2024The 1919 Elaine Massacre is one of the deadliest events of racial violence in U.S. History and resulted in a…
April 1, 2024The National League For The Protection of Colored Women was founded by S.W. Layton and Frances Kellor to assist black…
February 29, 2024The U.S. Senate's use of the filibuster has long been used as a tactic to thwart civil rights and voting…
February 28, 2024Georgia Gilmore and The Club From Nowhere are unsung heroes of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, raising funds that were critical…
February 26, 2024The 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage For Freedom convened in Washington, DC, as a demonstration against the South's refusal to comply with…
