This is the grave of Rev. Joseph Lowery. Born in 1921 in Huntsville, Alabama, Lowery grew up in the Black middle class of that city. His father owned a business.
One of the all-time legends has passed. SNCC veteran, came to activation in the Albany movement, founded the Freedom Singers and Sweet Honey in the Rock, total all time great.
As the generation of activists who pushed the civil rights movement forward passes from the scene, it at least gives us an opportunity to remember them one last time. Or,.
This is the grave of Hosea Williams. Born in 1926 in Attapulgus, Georgia, Williams grew up poor. His parents had met at a school for the blind and his father.
Whites in Chicago protesting against the Martin Luther King led campaign to desegregate housing, 1966.
With the civil rights generation passing from the scene, it's important to remember just how many heroes there were. We are talking hundreds of people who should be famous, if.
scan from 4x5 BW copy negative On August 29, 1935, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters signed its first contract with the Pullman Car Company, breaking that company's long anti-union.
I was at the Newport Folk Festival when I heard that Bob Moses had died. As I will discuss in this weekend's Music Notes post, this was a festival heavily.
