Martin Luther King Jr. Leads Montgomery Civil Rights March
By Tony Pettinato on March 21, 2016
An article about the Voting Rights March on 21 March 1965 from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr... (Read More)
Tag: Civil Rights Movement
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: A Brief Genealogy & Family Tree
By Scott Phillips on January 18, 2016
An article showing how newspaper articles help document the genealogy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. .. (Read More)
Anniversary of the Birthday of Ida B. Wells, Civil & Women’s Rights Activist
By Tony Pettinato on July 16, 2015
An article about African American journalist, civil rights activist and suffragist Ida Bell Wells, born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on 16 July 1862... (Read More)
Remembering the Amazing Life of Maya Angelou
By Tony Pettinato on February 26, 2015
Calling someone a “Renaissance” person is an overused – and overblown – term these days. If a rock guitarist paints a portrait, the critics gush that he is a “Renaissance man.” However, America – and the whole world – truly did lose a Renaissance woman on 28 May 2014 when the remarkable Maya Angelou... (Read More)
The Controversial Birth of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
By Tony Pettinato on January 19, 2015
An article about President Reagan signing the bill on 2 November 1983 that created the Martin Luther King Jr. Day national holiday... (Read More)
17 May 1954: Supreme Court Rules against School Segregation
By Tony Pettinato on May 16, 2014
An article about the Supreme Court ruling on 17 May 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional... (Read More)
46th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination
By Tony Pettinato on April 4, 2014
An article about the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, on 4 April 1968... (Read More)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jackie Robinson & Rosa Parks Obituaries
By Tony Pettinato on October 23, 2013
During this October week in American history three pioneering activists died who had a big impact on American society: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American women’s rights activist, died at 86 on 26 October 1902 Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson, American baseball player and civil rights activist, died at 53 on 24 October 1972 Rosa Louise McCauley... (Read More)
Rosa Parks Statue: Honoring an American Civil Rights Pioneer
By Tony Pettinato on February 28, 2013
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person on an Alabama bus 58 years ago, her act of defiance against racist laws sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and accelerated the Civil Rights Movement, forever changing America. In a ceremony Wednesday in Washington, D.C., which was attended by dozens of... (Read More)
