Category: Civil Rights Movement
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963 in our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. The protest was...
The Civil Rights Movement in America produced a variety of leaders with different character traits and leadership styles. But the common denominator among those people was their unwavering dedication to...
Medgar Evers was a renowned civil rights activist who spent the bulk part of his very brief life working to end segregation in public universities and other public facilities. Prior...
Frederick Douglass was a famous 19th century African-American noted for his escape from the jaws of slavery and then going on to become a leading abolitionist and civil rights activist....
Booker T. Washington was an African-American who was notable for being a presidential advisor, an educator, an author and a founding father of the Tuskegee University. He also worked as...