by RoyLisa | Oct 30, 2011 | African American History, Speeches
Very little is known about Henry F. Coleman including the actual date of his 1928 speech which appears below. Nonetheless, it is included because it is a good example of the “defense of the race” speech so common in the late 19th and early 20th Century...
by BroomsDerrick | Oct 30, 2011 | African American History, Perspectives
Arthur Allen Fletcher is known to many as the father of affirmative action. In the following account historian David Hamilton Golland describes the career of Fletcher, a Republican civil rights activist during the last half of the 20th Century. Arthur Allen Fletcher,...
by BarkleyCharlesKelly | Oct 28, 2011 | African American History, People
Mayfield Webb, a lawyer, civil rights leader, and social activist was born on November 10, 1927 in Baltimore, Maryland. As a member of the U.S. Army, he served during the Korean War. Upon his return, he eventually attended Morgan State University in Maryland and...
by AyodaleBraimah | Oct 28, 2011 | African American History, Places
East Palo Alto, California is a town of 28,155 residents (2010 Census), located on the San Francisco Peninsula between San Francisco and San Jose. Originally occupied by the Ohlone nation (1000 BCE-1770s CE), early Spanish settlers called the area Rancho de las Pulgas...
by YoungMargaretBlair | Oct 28, 2011 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
The St. Martin De Porres Club was founded in 1947 by Father John P. Markoe, S.J., a priest, and Creighton University students interested in local civil rights issues in Omaha, Nebraska. Father Markoe was assigned to St. Benedict the Moor Parish at 2423 Grant Street...
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