Traveling Through Jim Crow America
During the segregation era, discriminatory laws and practices made traveling by car a difficult and even dangerous experience for African Americans.Read More
You Should Know
Hidden Herstory: The Leesburg Stockade Girls
In July of 1963 in Americus, Georgia, fifteen girls were jailed for challenging segregation laws. Ages 12 to 15, these girls had marched from Friendship Baptist Church to the Martin Theater on Forsyth Street. Never formally charged, they were...Read More
African American Culinary Chefs You Should Know
Before the 1970s, Aunt Jemima’s pancake box carried the stereotypical image of a black cook, illustrating how the American food industry undervalued southern cooks and cooking. Today, a new wave of African American chefs safeguards southern...Read More
The Scottsboro Boys
The case of the Scottsboro Boys lasted more than 80 years and helped spur the Civil Rights Movement. Read More
Harry Belafonte, Actor and Activist
Tony award winner Harry Belafonte was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement and remains a staunch human rights activist.Read More