Who was Emmett Till and how did he die?
While on summer holidays in Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till became a victim of the hostile racial segregation prevalent in the south of the United States. Emmett’s mother, Mamie Till, had...
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Rosa Park FAQs
Below are 10 important FAQs about the the life of civil rights activist, Rosa Parks: Was Rosa Parks the first person to fall victim to Alabama’s bus segregation laws? No....
Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Quick Facts and Timeline
South African Anglican cleric and 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Desmond Tutu, was one of the most prominent persons to ever hail from the African continent. His unflinching commitment in...
Jim Crow Laws: List and History
Unlike the somewhat racially-tolerating America we see today, America’s past was full of racial prejudice and all sorts of discrimination. Back in those days, especially in the South, segregation laws...
Rosa Parks: Mother of the Modern Civil Rights Movement
The date was December 1, 1955, and the modern civil rights movement in the U.S. was just about to lift off. At the forefront of it was none other than...