Civil Rights – NAACP
Wardell H. Henderson (1920-1948)
On January 23, 1948, 27-year-old Wardell Heath Henderson was executed in the Oregon State Penitentiary gas chamber for the 1945...
The Harlem Renaissance (1918-1935)
In the article below, cultural historian Otis Alexander describes the Harlem Renaissance, the early 20th Century outpouring of literature, art,...
Fred Hampton (1948-1969)
Fred Hampton, deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, was born on August 30, 1948 and...
Arthur F. Elmes (1890-1963)
Pastor, Civil Rights Activist, and Boulé President Arthur F. Elmes, was born on March 30, 1890, in St. John’s, Antigua,...
Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni (1943- )
“There’s no life in safety,” said three-time National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Image Award winner Yolande...
Albert Morris Johnson (1935-1984)
The first African American mayor of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Albert Morris Johnson was born in Lebanon, Tennessee. His birth,...
Chester I. Lewis, Jr. (1928-1990)
Civil rights activist Chester Isaac Lewis Jr. was born on August 8, 1928, in Hutchinson, Kansas, to Chester Isaac, Sr.,...
Edgar Amos Love (1891-1974)
Edgar Amos Love was an American bishop with the Methodist Episcopal Church and cofounder of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Love...
Joyce Ladner (1943- )
Dr. Joyce A. Ladner, activist, sociologist, educator, mentor, and author, worked fervently for equality and justice. Ladner was born Joyce...
