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John Langston was born as a free black in virginia and became the president of virginia state university. He then became the first black man to be elected to public office by getting elected to congress.
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Southern Horrors was a pamphlet written by Ida B. Wells, a journalist, editor, suffragist and civil rights leader, about the horrors of lynching.
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Plessy vs. Ferguson is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of seperate but equal
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The niagara movement was a black civil rights organization founded in 1905 by a group led by W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter.
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The east st. lois riot was an outbreak of labor- and race-related violence that caused between 40 and 200 deaths and extensive property damage.
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Orlandos first black doctor opened a practice to the public.
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The league of struggle for negro rights was a group of black men who fought for rights.
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Philip Randolphs march on washington was designed to pressure the U.S. government into desegregating the armed forces and providing fair working opportunities for African Americans.
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The Detroit Race Riot broke out in Detroit, Michigan, in June 1943, and lasted for three days before Federal troops regained control.
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after never being allowed to have this before san antonio becomes the first city to allow integrated lunch counters.
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Douglas Wilder is an aferican american poltitcian who was the first black person to ever serve as a governor in the united states.
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The book, Race Matters, analyzes moral authority and racial debates concerning skin color in the United States.
