by BrownDianeT | Feb 20, 2013 | African American History, Events
The desegregation of public schools in Mansfield, Texas was one of the most contentious in the state and eventually garnered national attention as the evolving civil rights struggles moved to the forefront of the country’s conscience. In Mansfield, African Americans...
by McCrayKenja | Feb 18, 2013 | African American History, People
Rev. Addie Wyatt was a labor leader, religious leader, and civil rights and women’s rights activist. She was born in Brookhaven, Mississippi in 1924 to Ambrose and Maggie Cameron. In 1930, the Cameron family left Mississippi for Chicago, Illinois in search of a...
by GrayJoyceann | Feb 13, 2013 | African American History, People
Larry Doby was the first African American baseball player to go directly from the Negro Leagues to the major leagues when the Cleveland Indians purchased his contract from the Newark Eagles on July 3, 1947. Two days later, on July 5, 1947, Larry Doby became the first...
by BenderRita | Feb 12, 2013 | African American History, People
Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Music is one of the multitude of richly deserved tributes to composer, pianist, and educator George Theophilus Walker. His prolific career continued into his 90s with his commissioned Sinfonia No. 4 (Strands), premiered in 2012 by the...
by BlueChristopher | Feb 9, 2013 | African American History, People
Riley Leroy Pitts was a United States Army captain and the first African American officer to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. President Lyndon B. Johnson presented the medal posthumously in 1968 for his exceptional heroism during the Vietnam War. Pitts was...
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