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Dec 17, 2021 · In 2021, Tishaura Jones became the first Black woman to be elected mayor of St. Louis. In fact, for a brief period of time during the summer and fall, there were a record number of Black women ...
Nov 30, 2021 · John Lewis needs little introduction as he is one of the most famous African-American civil rights activists ever. A 2002 NAACP Spingarn Medal award winner, John Lewis made his big entry into the world of civil rights activism in 1963 when he was elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating committee (SNCC).
Jun 17, 2020 · Many people believe that Martin Luther King Jr. was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize, but that’s not the case. That honor goes to Ralph Bunche (1904–1971), a name that ...
101 African American Firsts. Hiram Rhodes Revels, First Black U.S. Senator. African American history is about much more than chronicling a series of “firsts.”. The time and place of a breakthrough reflects not only remarkable individual achievement but is itself an indication of the progress or lack of progress of black people in realizing ...
Desmond Tutu. The world-famous religious leader Desmond Mpilo Tutu was born on 7th October, 1931 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal South Africa. Bishop Desmond Tutu was honored with many awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. Desmond Tutu studied at the Johannesburg Bantu High School.
The works of American artists Glenn Ligon and Dread Scott reference signs that Black sanitation workers in Memphis carried while on strike in 1968. Ligon’s 1988 painting harnesses the power of the text from those signs: "I AM A MAN.” (The words are a variant of “I am an invisible man,” the first line of prologue in Ralph Ellison’s book Invisible Man.) Ligon changed the structure ...
Nov 11, 2020 · By the time the Civil War began in 1861, Frederick Douglass was one of the most famous Black men in the United States—a prominent voice for freedom, human rights and social reform. An ...
