Jesse Owens Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 - March 31, 1980) was an African-American athlete and civic leader. http: //academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php...
Martin Luther King, Jr The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Ph.D., born Michael King, was a Nobel Laureate, Baptist minister, and African American civil rights activist http: //academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php...
Maya Angelou Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson, April 4, 1928 St. Louis, MO) is considered one of the most eminent authors and poets http: //academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php...
Nat Turner Nat Turner (October 2, 1800 - November 11, 1831) was a United States slave whose 1831 slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia was .. http: //academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php...
School Integration: Introduction In 1954, the Supreme Court officially struck down the "separate but equal" doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson in its Brown v. Board of Education.. http: //watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/school-in...
Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth (c. 1797–1883) was the self-given name, from 1843, of an American abolitionist born into slavery.. http: //academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php...