Civil Rights
Freedoms and protections that ensure individuals are treated equally under the law, regardless of race, gender, religion, or other identities.
Upcoming Events
July 24 … Charles S. Johnson was a pioneering American sociologist, author, and educator whose work had a profound influence…
July 23 … Raphael Warnock is a prominent pastor and politician whose leadership bridges the historic Black church tradition with…
July 26 … Executive Order 9981, signed by President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1948, was a landmark decision…
July 27 … Queen Mother Moore was a formidable Black nationalist, Pan-Africanist, and reparations advocate whose activism spanned much of…
July 28 … The Negro Silent Protest Parade of 1917 — commonly referred to as the Silent Parade or Silent…
July 30 … Reverend C.T. Vivian was an American minister, author, and close friend and lieutenant of Martin Luther King…
July 30 … The New Orleans Massacre of 1866 was a violent confrontation in Louisiana during the early years of…
July 31 … Whitney Young was a pivotal American civil rights leader whose pragmatic vision and institutional strategy helped reshape…
August 1 … Benjamin Mays was a transformative pastor, educator, and intellectual leader whose vision helped shape modern American education…
August 2 … James Baldwin was a pivotal writer and social critic whose profound explorations of race, identity, and sexuality…