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Mohammad Clay: The Professional
Clay returned to Louisville to start a professional boxing career. On October 1960, He won a six round decision fight over Tunney Hunsaker. Hunsaker was police chief of Fayetteville West…
Bob Dylan: The Death of Emmett Till
"The Death of Emmett Till" is a song written by Bob Dylan about the murder of African American Emmett Till that occurred on August 28, 1955. One bootlegged performance, which…
Robinson, JoAnn Gibson
Robinson, JoAnn Gibson (1912-1992), African American civil rights activist who was a leader in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Robinson was born in Culloden, Georgia. She attended Fort Valley State College…
Malcolm X: Impact on Black Politics
Ironically, Malcolm X made a bigger impact on black politics and culture dead than alive. The Watts Rebellion occurred and the Black Power Movement emerged just months after his death,…
Malcolm X: A Story with a Twist
Malcolm X was a powerful and influential speaker. This excerpt, from a speech in April 1964, clearly and directly expresses his views about the status of black people in American…
Shabazz, Hajj Bahiyah Betty
Shabazz, Hajj Bahiyah Betty (1936-1997), American educator and widow of black leader Malcolm X, who became an international black cultural icon symbolizing the growing influence of Malcolm’s name and nationalist…
Martin Luther King: Witness Report
If Ray did not shoot Martin Luther King from the boarding house bathroom window, where did the shot come from? One witness sitting in front of the bank of trees…
Viola Liuzzo: The Day of Her Death
After the march ended, thousands had to get out of the city before nightfall. Viola Liuzzo got her car and headed back to Selma with a load of passengers. She…
Viola Liuzzo: The Killers
Within 24 hours, President Johnson was on television, personally announcing the arrest of the four assailants and vowing to exterminate the KKK.A March 28 Detroit News article gave profiles of…
