Thomas Richman Blackshear II is an African-American artist, many of whose paintings adorn Evangelical churches. He is also a sculptor and a designer of ornaments, often of African American themes. Continue reading Profile: Thomas Blackshear (1955-)
Reggie Jackson, in full Reginald Martinez Jackson is an American professional baseball player whose outstanding performance in World Series games earned him the nickname “Mr. October.” Continue reading Profile: Reggie Jackson (1946-)
Hallie Almena Lomax was an African American journalist and civil rights activist. Continue reading Profile: Almena Lomax (1915-2011)
James Meredith, an African American man, attempted to enroll at the all-white University of Mississippi in 1962. Chaos soon broke out on the Ole Miss campus, with riots ending in two dead, hundreds wounded and many others arrested, after the Kennedy administration called out some 31,000 National Guardsmen and other federal forces to enforce orde Continue reading James Meredith at Ole Miss
