During the spring of 1961, both African American and white student activists launched the Freedom Rides. Their goal was to challenge U.S. segregation on public transportation in the dangerous Deep South. Traveling on buses from Washington, D.C. to Jackson, MS, the Freedom Riders met VIOLENT racial opposition from white mobs in Alabama and Mississippi.
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The Confederate LOST CAUSE is not Lost
160 years after the American Civil War, we are hearing again about the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. The statues may be gone, by the Lost Cause survives.
Podcast: 10 Examples of Being on the Wrong Side of History
Here are 10 cases of ideas or theories that were once widely believed, but most definitely are on the Wrong Side of History – some are moral, some technological, and some philosophical. Through today’s lens, some of these will appear ridiculous … or even repugnant. Yet at the time, in their day, they were deemed Fact andContinue reading “Podcast: 10 Examples of Being on the Wrong Side of History”
Madam C. J. Walker, America’s first Black, Female Entrepreneur
Madam C.J. Walker was one of the 1st female American self-made millionaires. She was also an African American daughter of slaves. She made her fortune thanks to a homemade line of hair care products she invented and marketed for black women.