When Veterans Day falls on a Wednesday, the Wednesday after we “officially” elected this country’s FIRST Black woman (v)President, I would be remiss to not kill two birds with one stone dedicate this #WCW/Veterans Day post to Charity Adams and the women of the 6888th Postal Service Battalion….the only ALL…
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…
On August 21st, 1966, six Black Civil Rights Leaders convened on NBC’s Meet The Press to discuss the state of the Civil Rights Movement for Black people in America. The panel in the Washington, DC studio included Roy Wilkins, the Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of…