civil rights movement

On the afternoon of February 21, 1965, a man who had become one of the most controversial and influential voices…

Rosa Parks Biography Although the Civil War had officially ended over 60 years before she was born, Rosa Parks was…

Sammy Davis Jr. Biography Samuel George Davis Junior, who will forever be known as Sammy, was born in Harlem, New…

Susan B. Anthony Biography When people think of the rights of women, of the protection of those rights, and of…

The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on 4 April 1968 marked a tragic and defining moment in American history.…

Eleanor Roosevelt Biography In her unprecedented 12 years as First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt accumulated a surprising number of “firsts”.  She…