When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man forty years ago on December 1, 1955, she was tired and weary from a long day of work.``At least that's how the event has been retold countless times and recorded in our history books. But, th
Scholars of the civil rights movement and twentieth-century African American history traditionally refer to Asa Philip Randolph as the organizer of the first all-black labor union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Paula Pfeffer's aim in this
Like most conservatives, James entered the political arena by necessity rather than desire. It was a matter of principle. Justice needed to be done. And he was available to help. James' first public moment came when, after serving his country honorab
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man who wanted it. By this simple act, which today would seem unremarkable, she set in motion the civil rights movement, which led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and ultimate
Considered to be the first person to die in the fight for civil rights for Blacks in America, George Lee's name is the first one of 40 names listed on the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama.
On August 31, 1962, Mrs. Hamer decided she had had enough of sharecropping. Leaving her house in Ruleville, MS she and 17 others took a bus to the courthouse in Indianola, the county seat, to register to vote. On their return home, police stopped their bu
The Harry T. Moore Homesite is being developed to commemorate the lives of two pioneering American black civil rights workers. He and Harriette were leading human rights activists in Brevard County, in Florida, and in the nation. They were murdered in the
