Anyone who has ever watched the Harlem Globetrotters knows they are full of surprises. For instance, given their name, is it surprising that the team originally formed in Chicago, not …
Black History
Honoring the lives of Black people who have been making history all around us every day.
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On April 7, 1957, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a sermon to his congregation at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
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On May 17, 1957, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Washington, D.C. for a rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The purpose of the protest? Push …
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On April 19, 1959, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this sermon to the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church of Montgomery, Alabama, before the Chicago Sunday Evening Club. In this …
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On June 23, 1963, just two months before the historic March on Washington, about 125,000 people gathered in Detroit for what was then the largest single civil rights demonstration in American …
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On Sept. 15, 1963, four young girls were killed in a bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Three days later, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. …
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On March 25, 1965, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a crowd of 25,000 marched from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in support of voting rights for African-Americans. At the conclusion …
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On Feb. 4, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a sermon that many consider prophetic of his impending death.
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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his final address April 3, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Ella Baker was one of the great civil right leaders of the 20th century.