Racial Conflict – Segregation/Integration
Cotton Club of Harlem (1923- )
Opened in 1923, the Cotton Club on 142nd St & Lenox Ave in the heart of Harlem, New York was...
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, SNCC (1960-1973)
On February 1, 1960, four Black college students in Greensboro, North Carolina, demanded service at a Woolworth’s lunch counter. When...
Niagara Movement (1905-1909)
The Niagara Movement was a civil rights group organized by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter in 1905. After...
Scottsboro Boys Trial and Defense Campaign (1931–1937)
The Scottsboro Boys were nine young black men, falsely accused of raping two white women on board a train near...
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Local 8 (1913-ca. 1928)
Local 8 was an interracial, multiethnic local that was part of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), a militant,...
Alphonse Trent Orchestra
Jazz arose in 19th century America from music brought from West Africa by slaves. It is therefore not surprising that...
March on Washington Movement (1941-1947)
The March on Washington Movement (MOWM) was the most militant and important force in African American politics in the early...
The Underground Railroad (1820-1861)
The Underground Railroad was established to aid enslaved people in their escape to freedom. The railroad was comprised of dozens...
Colored Marine Employment Benevolent Association (1921-1934)
The Colored Marines Employment Benevolent Association (CMEBA) was organization that united black maritime cooks and stewards who were seeking employment...
