Gettys Featured Image: Elizabeth Echford attempts to enter Little Rock Central High on 4 September 1957. The girl shouting is Hazel Bryan. “Little Rock Nine impact on the Civil Rights Movement.” Little Rock Nine was important because they epitomized the fight of the Civil Rights Movement for equality. Through their actions, many Black children were ableContinue reading “The Little Rock Nine”
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National Treasure Divine 9
Synergy of the Color Purple National Pan-Hellenic Council is a collaborative umbrella council composed of nine historically African American fraternities and sororities, commonly called the Divine Nine, and also referred to as Black Greek Letter Organizations. Wikipedia “The NPHC was formed as a permanent organization on May 10, 1930, on the campus of Howard University,Continue reading “National Treasure Divine 9”
21st Century “Civil Rights, Continuation.”
NAACP: “On August 28, 1963, more than a quarter million people participated in the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, gathering near the Lincoln Memorial.” “More than 3,000 members of the press covered this historic march, where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered the exalted “I Have a Dream” speech.” https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/1963-march-washington Dr.Continue reading “21st Century “Civil Rights, Continuation.””
“The 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education.”
“On May 17, 1954, lawyer Thurgood Marshall scored a landmark victory as the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.” U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall. Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the SupremeContinue reading ““The 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education.””
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