civil rights

  • "Why sit here and die" by Maria Stewart

    "Why sit here and die" by Maria Stewart

    This was a monumental speech that was a great fight for change. She challenged societal structures and changed perspectives. She calls for action and a change for the better.
  • excerpt from southern horrors lynch laws in all its phases by ida b. wells

    excerpt from southern horrors lynch laws in all its phases by ida b. wells

    This is a story that highlights racial movements. This fight for freedom was very important. This shows how people viewed others different and the tolls it took.
  • "Sweat"  by Zora Neale Hurston

    "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston

    This is a powerful story for civil rights and women rights.
  • John Lewis

    John Lewis

    He was a civil rights leader and congressman who was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement. He was a leader in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
  • The zoot suit riots and wartime Los Angeles by national WWII museum

    The zoot suit riots and wartime Los Angeles by national WWII museum

    This was a series of conflicts that changed how today was formed. Also how minorities where changed.
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks

    was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".
  • Martin Luther King

    Martin Luther King

    Martin Luther King was an extremely important person for a change in all of history. He spoke his I had a dream speech and changed perspectives all around. He spoke for a action and change.
  • Malcom X

    Malcom X

    Malcolm X was an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965
  • Ella Baker

    Ella Baker

    The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is named after a brilliant, Black hero of the civil rights Freedom Movement who inspired and guided emerging leaders. We build on her legacy by building the power of black, brown, and poor people to create solutions for one of the biggest drivers of injustice today: mass incarceration.
  • A forgotten history of how the US government segregated america by Richard Rothstein

    A forgotten history of how the US government segregated america by Richard Rothstein

    This was "the color of law". This was a racial segregation movement in the United States.