Understanding the history of African Americans is crucial to understanding ... World War I and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Students learn about how the life of an enslaved person ...

Although the prospect of civil rights and equality for African Americans looked to have experienced a set back by the start of the 1970s, progress was made. In 1972, the United States Congress ...

The following five stories are a great place to start if you're interested in learning about historic places, people and ...

The 1940s was an important decade in the campaign for civil rights. Many of the events ... of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), an African-American trade union. Randolph and his fellow porters were ...

How to conduct African American genealogical ... an oral history project developed to record and transcribe accounts by surviving witnesses of the Civil War and slavery. With the development ...

DreamWeek, highlighted with a Martin Luther King Jr. March on Monday, is “a time to reflect on the tremendous courage that it ...

For the second consecutive time, the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson has been nominated for the best history ...

A brand new exhibit is highlighting African American history right here in our community.The Bexar Heritage Center held the ...