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May 2007 - Posts
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During the colonial times, the treatment of slaves was often different depending upon which colony they lived in. Slaves in southern colonies typically worked under harsh labor conditions, while... Read More...
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Bayard Rustin, most noted for his behind-the-scenes work with Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement, was more than an activist for racial equality. He was committed... Read More...
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Literacy test, poll taxes, and intimidation were just some of the methods used in the South to prevent African Americans from voting. In response, the project Freedom Summer set out... Read More...
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Langston Hughes, a Harlem Renaissance writer and poet, was one of the more notable writers during this time. Known for his portrayal of black life in his work, Hughes... Read More...
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Booker T. Washington became one of the most controversial leaders of his time. At odds with W.E.B. Du Bois and other civil rights advocates, Washington was often called an accommodationist... Read More...
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Today, Olympic medalists Carl Lewis and Jesse Owens are familiar names. However, before Lewis and Owens, there was the lesser known Olympic athlete George Poage, who was the first African... Read More...
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With the civil rights movement in full swing, the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a much-needed organization for the movements younger college activists. Adult leaders served Read More...
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Eighteen days after the March on Washington, on the early Sunday morning of September 15, 1963, a bomb exploded in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Four girls were killed.... Read More...
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For an abolitionist of the 1820s, David Walkers ideas were considered revolutionary. Therefore when his anti-slavery Appeal was published, it sparked fear in slave owners and he became a... Read More...
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Inadequate funds and less than zealous advocacy plagued the progress of the Freedmens Bureau during Reconstruction. Even though advancement was made with the establishment of schools, one of the bureaus.. Read More...
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