Great Americans You Should Know

Medgar Evers, Martyr of the Civil Rights Movement

Medgar Evers, Martyr of the Civil Rights Movement

Melvin Otey

"You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea. As long as God gives me strength to work and try to make things real for my children, I'm...

Medgar Evers, Martyr of the Civil Rights Movement

Melvin Otey

"You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea. As long as God gives me strength to work and try to make things real for my children, I'm...

Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator and Champion for Equality

Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator and Champion for ...

Melvin Otey

"I leave you love. I leave you hope. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. I leave you respect for the use of power. I leave...

Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator and Champion for ...

Melvin Otey

"I leave you love. I leave you hope. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. I leave you respect for the use of power. I leave...

Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History

Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History

Melvin Otey

“Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.”  Born December 19, 1875, in New Canton,...

Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History

Melvin Otey

“Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.”  Born December 19, 1875, in New Canton,...