Back in 1968, a 27-year old Rev. Jesse Jackson lead the Black Christmas Parade in Chicago, Il. The intent of the Black Christmas Parade was to encourage the Black community to spend their holiday dollars buying items from Black-owned businesses. Whew Chyle, if there was ever a time to tap…
On October 16th, 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, two Black American track and field stars, stood on the Olympic podiums to receive their medals and made a statement that resonated through sports, this country, and the world. It is one of the most iconic moments in sports history, Black…
In Spring 1963, The Negro and the American Promise aired on WGBH, a public television station in Boston. The show was hosted by Dr. Kenneth Clark, Psychology Professor at City College of New York, co-founder of the Northside Center for Child Development in Harlem, the Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited, and…
May 4th, 1961, thirteen brave individuals boarded two buses in Washington, DC with the goal of traveling through the Deep Jim Crow South to New Orleans, to test the 1960 Supreme Court ruling of Boynton v. Virginia, which declared segregated facilities for interstate passengers illegal. The “Freedom Rides” were initiated…
We often hear about the men of the Civil Rights Movement, but rarely enough light is shined on the women who stood front and center in leading it. One of those women who was monumental in jump-starting the wave of activism we credit Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his…