Devon McCurdy
Devon McCurdy is pursuing a Ph.D. in history at University of Washington. He studies American environmental history and the American West. McCurdy received an M.A. in history from University of Colorado in 2007. He graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Carleton College with a B.A. in history in 2005.
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Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 (2007)
In June 2007 the United States Supreme Court issued a narrow five to four ruling invalidating racial integration plans in...
Parren James Mitchell (1922-2007)
Parren James Mitchell was a civil rights activist, the first African American elected to Congress from the South since 1898,...
Forty Acres and a Mule
The phrase “forty acres and a mule” evokes the federal government’s failure to redistribute land after the Civil War and...
Congress of Racial Equality (1942)
The Congress of Racial Equality pioneered direct nonviolent action in the 1940s before playing a major part in the civil...
Glenn C. Loury (1948- )
Glenn C. Loury was the first African American Professor to earn tenure at Harvard. He also achieved prominence as a...
Langston University (1898- )
In March 1897 the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature created a land grant college to train African American teachers, calling it the...
William T. Coleman Jr. (1920-2017)
William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr., a prominent Republican lawyer and businessman, served as Secretary of Transportation under President Gerald Ford. Born...
Piri Thomas (1928-2011)
Image Courtesy of Suzie Dod Thomas Author and activist Piri Thomas became one of the first Americans of Puerto Rican...
