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Muhammad Ali: Triumphs & Tribulations
Since Ali retired from the ring, much of the attention focused on him has centered on his physical condition. He suffers from Parkinson’s disease, a neurological disorder that causes tremors,…
Africa: Overview
Africa, the second largest of the earth’s seven continents, covering about 30,330,000 sq km (about 11,699,000 sq mi), including its adjacent islands.It comprises about 22 percent of the world’s total…
Eloise Bibb: Destiny
About the Author: Eloise Bibb (1878-1928?), the daughter of Catherine Adele and Charles H. Bibb was seventeen when she made her literary debut with Poems (1895), published by Monthly Review…
Eloise Bibb: In Memoriam Frederick Douglass
About the Author: Eloise Bibb (1878-1928?), the daughter of Catherine Adele and Charles H. Bibb was seventeen when she made her literary debut with Poems (1895), published by Monthly Review…
Eloise Bibb: Early Spring
About the Author: Eloise Bibb (1878-1928?), the daughter of Catherine Adele and Charles H. Bibb was seventeen when she made her literary debut with Poems (1895), published by Monthly Review…
Eloise Bibb: Gerarda
About the Author: Eloise Bibb (1878-1928?), the daughter of Catherine Adele and Charles H. Bibb was seventeen when she made her literary debut with Poems (1895), published by Monthly Review…
Eloise Bibb: Class Song of ’91
About the Author: Eloise Bibb (1878-1928?), the daughter of Catherine Adele and Charles H. Bibb was seventeen when she made her literary debut with Poems (1895), published by Monthly Review…
Eloise Bibb: The Hermit
About the Author: Eloise Bibb (1878-1928?), the daughter of Catherine Adele and Charles H. Bibb was seventeen when she made her literary debut with Poems (1895), published by Monthly Review…
Eloise Bibb: In Memory of Arthur Clement Williams
About the Author: Eloise Bibb (1878-1928?), the daughter of Catherine Adele and Charles H. Bibb was seventeen when she made her literary debut with Poems (1895), published by Monthly Review…
Eloise Bibb
Eloise Bibb (1878-1928?), the daughter of Catherine Adele and Charles H. Bibb was seventeen when she made her literary debut with Poems (1895), published by Monthly Review Press in Boston….
Bobby Seale
Bobby Seale and Huey Newton, cofounded the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California, in 1966. Seale, Bobby (b. October 22, 1936, Dallas, Tex.), political and social activist in the 1960s,…
Cleaver, Eldridge Leroy
Cleaver, Eldridge Leroy, (1935-1998), African American writer, political activist, and former minister of information for the Black Panther Party. Cleaver was born in Wabbaseka, Arkansas. After growing up in Wabbaseka…
Huey P. Newton
Newton, Huey P. (b. February 17, 1942, New Orleans, La.; d. August 22, 1989, Oakland, Calif.), cofounder of the American black nationalist organization, the Black Panther Party. Huey Newton grew…
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing September 15, 1963
On September 15 1963 at 10:22am, a bomb went off in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls. It was a seminal act of cowardice. And…
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer, highly publicized campaign in the Deep South to register blacks to vote during the summer of 1964. During the summer of 1964, thousands of activists in the Civil…
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…
March on Washington, 1963
March on Washington, 1963, massive public demonstration that articulated the goals of the Civil Rights Movement. The 1963 March on Washington attracted an estimated 250,000 people for a peaceful demonstration…
Civil War Events: 1861 – 1863
Introduction: The American Civil War (1861–1865), among other names also known as the War Between the States, was a civil war in the United States of America. Eleven Southern slave…
