melissa clark

  • Jim Crow Laws

    Jim Crow Laws
    Jim Crow laws are the segregation of public schools, public places and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms and restaurants for whites and blacks.
    1876 and 1965
  • Sarah Louise Delany

    Sarah Louise Delany
    She was born to Henry Beard Delany (1856-1928), first Africian American bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and Nanny Logan (1861-1956)
    Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
  • Sadies College Years

    Sadies College Years
    St. Teachers College in 1918 after graduating from Pratt Institute, then a two-year college. She earned undergraduate degree in 1920. Teachers College for the master's degree she would receive in 1925,
    Augustine's College in Raleigh, N.C.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    -The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama
    -lasted from December 1, 1955, to December 20, 1956
  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.
    Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 %u2013 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement.
  • Sadie Wrote

    On My Own:
    On September 25, 1995,
  • Sadie's Death

    Sadie's Death
    Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, USA