Great Americans You Should Know
Ruby Bridges, Civil Rights Activist
“All of us are standing on someone else’s shoulders. Someone else that opened the door and paved the way. And so, we have to understand that we cannot give up...
Ruby Bridges, Civil Rights Activist
“All of us are standing on someone else’s shoulders. Someone else that opened the door and paved the way. And so, we have to understand that we cannot give up...
Frederick Douglass, Father of the Civil Rights ...
"I have made up my mind wherever I go, I shall go as a man, and not as a slave. I shall always aim to be courteous and mild in...
Frederick Douglass, Father of the Civil Rights ...
"I have made up my mind wherever I go, I shall go as a man, and not as a slave. I shall always aim to be courteous and mild in...
Charles Hamilton Houston, The Man Who Killed Ji...
“A lawyer’s either a social engineer, or he’s a parasite on society.” Charles Hamilton Houston, born September 3, 1895, enrolled in Amherst College at the age of 16 as the...
Charles Hamilton Houston, The Man Who Killed Ji...
“A lawyer’s either a social engineer, or he’s a parasite on society.” Charles Hamilton Houston, born September 3, 1895, enrolled in Amherst College at the age of 16 as the...
Medgar Evers, Martyr of the Civil Rights Movement
"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
"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 ...
"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 ...
"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
“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
“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,...