The Reconstruction era was a period in American history following the American Civil War (1861–1865); it lasted from 1865 to 1877 & marked a significant chapter in the history of civ...
43 viewsThere are few Chicago historical figures whose life and work speak to the current moment more than Ida B. Wells, the 19th century investigative journalist, Civil rights leader, and passionate suffragi...
39 viewsDavid Susskind's historical, long and intimate interview with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Originally aired on June 9, 1963 by WPIX-TV New York. Among the subjects discussed were the current state of t...
64 viewsCentered on the relationship between black Republicans, the G.O.P., and Civil rights during the 1950s and 1960s, Josh Farrington of the University of Kentucky contends that black Republicans prior ...
57 viewsBATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 10 —Two white deputy sheriffs and two young blacks were shot and killed and 31 persons were injured today in a wild exchange of gunfire that erupt ed when the police moved to ...
37 viewsThe 1967 Minneapolis riot was one of the 159 riots that swept across cities in the United States during the Long Hot Summer of 1967 On 20 July 1967, widespread violence erupted in North Minneapol...
43 viewsAfter a white reporter was forcibly ejected from a “Blacks Only” rally, Miami police responded with five cars and a carbine unit, which exacerbated tensions. A white man in a car b...
30 viewsIn May 2004, after receiving an award at the celebration of the 50th Anniversary commemoration of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling—a ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court that outlawed school racia...
218 views-Full speech -Malcolm X on Jesus Christ -Who Taught You To Hate Yourself? Malcolm X was one of the greatest leaders in the history. Malcolm X founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity, to ...
86 viewsThe decades after the civil war saw Black Americans slowly gain more economic and political power in some parts of the country. Some bought land, started businesses and built schools. But in many plac...
193 viewsRead the book: COINTELPRO (syllabic abbreviation derived from Counter Intelligence Program) (1956–1971) was a series of covert and illegal[1][2] projects conducted by the United States Feder...
292 viewsThis 2-hour special, narrated by Deon Cole, gives a fresh perspective of the black movement in America, from Emancipation to the Civil rights era. See more in this special. #StoriesfromtheRoadtoFre...
179 viewsWho killed Wharlest Jackson Sr.? In this feature-length documentary from FRONTLINE and Retro Report, an unsolved 1960s murder reveals an untold story of the Civil rights movement and Black resistance....
156 viewsThe Mississippi Massacre (True Crime Documentary) | Real Stories The FBI investigates the nationally known case of the 1964 murders of three Civil rights workers in Philadelphia Mississippi amid th...
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