1 天前 · Honoring Black history and futures. Every Black History Month, we're met with the usual images of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, and the like. These extraordinary heroes have undeniably shaped the world we live in today, laying the groundwork for social justice and freedom.

In this website, ProQuest presents primary source documents from several of the time periods in American History when the river of the Black Freedom Struggle ran more powerfully, while not losing sight of the fierce, often violent opposition that Black people have faced on the road to freedom. This website contains approximately 1,600 documents ...

5 天之前 · From activists to entertainers to record-breaking athletes to a postal worker, we are shining a spotlight on the contributions of influential African Americans as we celebrate Black History...

3 天之前 · We know about leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, who started playing pivotal roles in their teens and early twenties. But people may know less about Charlie Cobb, who founded Freedom Schools in 1964, a group that empowered Black students to get involved by providing crucial education on civil rights, history, and political ...

2024年1月18日 · We’ve put together this list of just some of the inspiring famous Black Americans everyone should know for their representation and contributions to the struggle for equality. Use this list for class discussions during Black History Month or anytime of year. Famous Black Americans 1. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

6 天之前 · Critical race theory is a 40-plus-year-old academic concept that attempts to inspect systemic racism’s impact on U.S. laws. Proponents believe that racism isn’t biological; instead, it is a ...

Black freedom movements of the late 19th and 20th centuries challenged systemic inequality, fostered solidarity, and forged international networks of resistance. While these movements held varied ideologies and focused on different issues, they all shared goals of justice and equity for Africans and people of African descent.

2009年10月14日 · During World War II, many African Americans were ready to fight for what President Franklin D. Roosevelt called the “Four Freedoms”—freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want ...

2017年2月25日 · In honor of Black History Month, here's a look at 14 people who broke color barriers to become the first Black Americans to achieve historic accomplishments in politics, academics, aviation...

From slavery and its abolition to the Great Migration, the civil rights movement and military, scientific, cultural and political achievements, explore key moments, milestones and figures in...