The way we teach the civil rights movement--or any movement--has gotten massively oversimplified, with a focus on just a few people. This may be inevitable, but we lose something by.
Inside this cemetery office lies the grave of Ralph Abernathy. I'll explain why I couldn't actually see the grave at the end of the post. Born in 1928 in Linden,.
This is the grave of Benjamin Roberts. Born in Boston in 1815, Roberts grew up in the small Black middle class of that city at that time. His father was.
We lost another of the great figures of the civil rights movement: Joseph McNeil, who jolted the civil rights movement with a surge of youth activism when he and three.
This is the grave of James Forten. Born free in Philadelphia in 1766, Forten came from a family of freed people. In fact, it was his grandfather who had become.
This is the grave of David Bustill Bowser. Born in 1820 in Philadelphia, Bowser grew up free. His family had fought for Black rights going back a couple of generations.
As we lose our civil rights leaders, we need to note them. Charles Person was not the most famous of them because he made decisions to live a pretty normal.
This is the grave of Addie Wyatt. Born in 1924 in Brookhaven, Mississippi, Wyatt grew up poor. Her family got out of Mississippi in 1930, following the Great Migration to.
