Civil Rights – CORE
Stokely Carmichael’s Black Power Speech (1966)
On the night of June 16, 1966, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Chair Stokely Carmichael (Later Kwame Ture) proclaimed to...
New Year’s Day March, Greenville, South Carolina (1960)
The New Year’s Day March, the first major civil rights demonstration in South Carolina, was a 1,000-person march that protested...
On the Origins of Non-Violence in the Civil Rights Movement: Howard Thurman in South Asia, 1935-1936
In the article below, historian Amy Sommers describes the February 1936 meeting of Howard Thurman in India with Mahatma Gandhi,...
James Meredith’s March Against Fear (1966)
The “March Against Fear” began on June 5, 1966, and was initiated by civil rights activist James Meredith. Four years...
Anne Moody (1940-2015)
Anne Moody was a writer and civil rights activist best known for her memoir, Coming of Age in Mississippi (1968)....
Ples Sterling Stuckey, Jr. (1932-2018)
Ples Sterling Stuckey, Jr. was a professor of history best known for his impact on shifting slavery studies from examinations...
Abbey Lincoln (1930-2010)
Born Anna Marie Wooldridge in Chicago, Illinois on August 6, 1930, and raised on a farm in Calvin Center, Cass County, Michigan,...
Tucson Race Riot (1967)
Few people are aware of the race riot that occurred in Tucson, Arizona, in 1967. The riot was caused by...
Hartford, Connecticut Riot (1969)
Hartford, Connecticut in the late 1960’s was a city immersed in racial unrest, class disputes, and activism. The city was a dichotomy between the...
