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Civil Rights Timeline
Separate drinking fountains for whites and blacks. "Colored balconies" in movie theaters. Seats in the back of the bus. Soldiers called out to protect little children who were trying to…
Emmett Till: Just a Boy
Emmett Till was a black, 14 year old boy a from the working-class neighborhood of Chicago south side who inadvertently started the American civil rights movement. While visiting relatives near…
Emmett Till Story
Emmett Till Louis "Bobo" Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) The difference between the political, economic, and social milieu of the large Chicago metropolis and the rural Mississippi…
George Moses Horton: The Traveller
About the Author: George Moses Horton (1797?–1883?) was an African-American slave who composed poetry. He was born into slavery on William Horton’s plantation in Northampton County, NC. As a very…
The Words “African American”
African Americans (American Blacks or Black Americans), racial group in the United States whose dominant ancestry is from sub-Saharan West Africa. Many African Americans also claim European, Native American, or…
Selma: Bloody Sunday
In 1965 the SCLC joined a voting-rights protest march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery, more than 80 km (50 mi) away. The goal of the march…
Black Cowboys
Black Cowboys, legendary African American figures who drove great cattle herds across the early West. Idealized in motion pictures, television, and books, the cowboy serves as the great American icon,…
The End of Slavery
Ironically, although Southern politicians supported secession in order to preserve slavery, their action led instead to slavery’s death. As the war dragged on, Northern war aims gradually shifted from preserving…
