Long before the Montgomery bus boycott made Rosa Parks a household name, a 23-year-old laundress in Tampa named Hattie Wright staged her own act of defiance on a streetcar—a move that would ...
Caroline Rebecca LeCount is often likened to Rosa Parks for her efforts to desegregate public transit. More than 150 years later, SEPTA is still honoring her legacy ...
Caroline LeCount's civil disobedience in Philadelphia led to the desegregation of public transportation in Pennsylvania.
The late Jesse Jackson twice sought the Democratic nomination for president – and though he fell short in 1984 and 1988, his insurgent campaigns reshaped American politics and laid the groundwork for ...
LeAnna Roberts, a Tuscaloosa native who earned three college degrees by age 16 and an MBA at 17, will speak at a Black ...
“Jackson’s life contributed to making this country more democratic, more inclusive, more fair.” ...
Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a civil rights nonprofit led by late activist Jesse Jackson, maintains a presence in Michigan. Here's ...
Bishop James E. Dixon II, pastor of Community of Faith Church, shared a photo of Jackson seated and smiling alongside Dixon and Rev. Bill Lawson the longtime Houston civil rights leader and founder of ...
In a moment that feels now like eons ago, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. was greeted by a deluge of cheers at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Wheelchair-bound, he was flanked by his sons, ...
On Tuesday, 17 February, 2026 we lost Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, a giant in the U.S. Civil Rights movement and tireless ...
Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday ordered public buildings across the city and state to fly flags at half ...
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