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,.
The historiography of the Black Panthers at first was very critical of them. This was largely written by middle class people who valorized the mainline civil rights movement and thought.
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 John Lewis. What to even say about John Lewis? He's such a well known figure and a hero to almost everyone who knows anything about.
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.
This is the grave of Caroline LeCount. Born in 1846 in Philadelphia, LeCount grew up in the Black activism of the pre-Civil War community of that city. Her father was.
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.
I went to the FDR Library last week and saw its temporary exhibit, "Museum Exhibit Review: Black Americans, Civil Rights, and Black Americans, 1932-1962." It's pretty well known that FDR's.
