1849 to 1950 - Brown v. Board at Fifty: “With an Even Hand”
After the abolition of slavery in the United States, three Constitutional amendments were passed to grant newly freed African Americans...
1921 - We are proud to be 'rednecks'. It's time to reclaim that term
While the term divides us now, its history dates back to a time when mineworkers battled big coal – similar to teachers standing up for...
1940s to 1970s - Asa Philip Randolph
Asa Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, the American labor movement, and socialist...
1951 - Barbara Rose Johns Powell, a school strike
Barbara Rose Johns Powell was an American civil rights leader. She is best known as the student who, at the age of sixteen, led a...
1968 - 1300 Men: The Memphis Strike '68 (watch)
In 1968, 1,300 Memphis sanitation workers went on strike. This is their story. Watch: #Activism #BlackPower #Strikes #blackleaders #1960s
1968 - Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike
The night before his assassination in April 1968, Martin Luther King told a group of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee:...
1968 - East L.A. Walkout!
Teachers at Garfield High School were winding down classes for the approaching lunch break when they heard the startling sound of people...