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Ida B. Wells was an influential journalist, co-founder of the NAACP and dogged advocate for the rights of the Black American woman. What did Ida B. Wells accomplish?
This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focused on those African-Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African-Americans. The United States has a long history of racism against its Black citizens. [2]
100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002. A similar book was written by Columbus Salley.
How Black Americans like the Harlem Hellfighters, Ronald McNair, Bessie Coleman, Alexa Canady, and Robert Smalls made history. 11 inspiring Black American heroes whose stories deserve to be celebrated
Edward Brooke was the first African American popularly elected to the United States Senate. Hiram Revels was the first black U.S. senator; however, he was elected to office by a legislature. Pearl Bailey (1918–1990), singer, appointed "America's Ambassador of Love" by Richard Nixon.
Civil rights leaders are influential figures in the promotion and implementation of political freedom and the expansion of personal civil liberties and rights. They work to protect individuals and groups from political repression and discrimination by governments and private organizations, and seek to ensure the ability of all members of ...
So many prominent Black leaders have endorsed his candidacy, Harper believes, because Black people have not seen a return on the investment of supporting the Democratic establishment: “We can ...
According to Professors Jeffrey K. Tulis and Nicole Mellow: [11]. The Founding, Reconstruction (often called “the second founding”), and the New Deal are typically heralded as the most significant turning points in the country’s history, with many observers seeing each of these as political triumphs through which the United States has come to more closely realize its liberal ideals of ...