Civil Rights-Protests

The Sun Bowl Football Game Controversy (1949)
The 1949 Sun Bowl Football Game Controversy involved faculty and student protests at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, in response...
January 17th, 2025

Howard Nathaniel Lee (1934- )
Howard Nathaniel Lee made history in 1969 as the first African American to be elected mayor of any majority-white city...
November 29th, 2024

Arkansas Freedom Summer (1965)
The Arkansas Freedom Summer, also known as the Arkansas Summer Project, was a pivotal event in the Civil Rights Movement...
July 1st, 2024

Louisiana Freedom Summer (1964)
Louisiana Freedom Summer, also known as CORE’s Louisiana Project, was a Civil Rights campaign in Louisiana during the summer of...
June 18th, 2024

Katz Drugstore Sit-In Protests, Des Moines (1948-1949)
The Katz Drugstore Protests in Des Moines, Iowa, began on July 7, 1948, when Edna May Griffin, John Bibbs, Leonard...
June 15th, 2024

The Durham Desegregation Movement (1960-1964)
The Durham Desegregation Movement was a multi-year civil rights campaign in Durham, North Carolina, between 1960 and 1964. On February...
June 10th, 2024

The Katz Drug Store Sit-Ins (1958)
The Katz Drug Store Sit-Ins occurred from August 19 to August 20, 1958, at the Katz Drug Store in Oklahoma...
May 29th, 2024

The Dockum Drug Store Sit-Ins (1958)
The Dockum Drug Store Sit-Ins occurred in Wichita, Kansas, between July 19 and August 11, 1958. Ronald W. Walters, a...
May 29th, 2024

The Charleston Cigar Factory Strike (1945-1946)
The Charleston Cigar Factory Strike was a labor strike that involved workers at the Charleston Cigar Factory in Charleston, South...
April 8th, 2024