Racial Conflict – Segregation/Integration
James Perkins Jr. (1953- )
James Perkins Jr. became the first African American mayor of Selma, Alabama on September 13, 2000. Perkins was born on...
James Young (1955- )
James Young is the first African American mayor of the small town of Philadelphia, Mississippi, a considerable achievement considering Philadelphia’s...
The Sun Bowl Football Game Controversy (1949)
The 1949 Sun Bowl Football Game Controversy involved faculty and student protests at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, in response...
Chester I. Lewis, Jr. (1928-1990)
Civil rights activist Chester Isaac Lewis Jr. was born on August 8, 1928, in Hutchinson, Kansas, to Chester Isaac, Sr.,...
Lincoln I. Mulkey and Dorothy J. Mulkey
Lincoln I. Mulkey and Dorothy J. Mulkey were the challengers in a major lawsuit, Reitman v. Mulkey, that reestablished housing...
James Usry (1922-2002)
The first African American major of Atlantic City, James Leroy Usry, was born February 2, 1922, in Athens, Georgia. Shortly...
James W. Holley III (1926-2012)
James W. Holley III was the first African American mayor of his hometown, Portsmouth, Virginia. He was born in Portsmouth...
Tommy Davis (? – ?)
The Harlem Renaissance in New York City attracted African Americans from every part of the United States, the West Indies,...
Claude William Black Jr. (1916-2009)
Claude William Black Jr. was one of the most important advocates for civil rights and social justice in San Antonio,...
