United States – South Carolina
Cleveland Sellers (1944- )
Cleveland Sellers was born on November 8, 1944 in Denmark, South Carolina. Cleveland became interested in the Civil Rights Movement...
Robert Purvis (1810-1898)
Robert Purvis was born on August 4, 1810 in Charleston, South Carolina, the second of three sons to a wealthy...
Archibald Grimke (1849-1930)
Archibald Grimke was a leading intellectual, activist, and author on racial equality in early 20th century America. Grimke was born...
Martin Robison Delany (1812-1885)
Martin Robison Delany was an African American abolitionist, the first African American Field Officer in the U.S Army, and one...
(1955) Brown v. Board of Education II
May 31, 1955, Opinion and judgments announced OPINION: MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court. [1] [2]...
Susan Taylor (Susie) Baker King (1848-1912)
Born on the Grest Farm in Liberty County, Georgia, on August 6, 1848, Susie Baker King Taylor was raised as...
(1954) Brown v. Board of Education
December 9, 1952, Argued May 17, 1954, Decided MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court. [1] These...
Harriet Ross Tubman (ca. 1821-1913)
Dubbed “The Moses of Her People,” escaped slave Harriet Tubman assisted hundreds of slaves on the Underground Railroad, leading them...
Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941)
Dr. Ernest E. Just was an eminent biologist and author recognized worldwide for his work unlocking the role of the...
