Johnnie Carr (1911-2008)
Johnnie Rebecca Daniels Carr was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from 1955 until her death. Continue reading Johnnie Carr (1911-2008)
Profile: Mary Frances Berry (1938-)
Mary Frances Berry is an American historian who is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the former chairwoman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and the former board chair of Pacifica Radio. Continue reading Profile: Mary Frances Berry (1938-)
Revisit : FREDERICK DOUGLASS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF FREEDMAN BANK AND TRUST
The Freedman’s Saving and Trust Company, popularly known as the Freedman’s Savings Bank, was a private corporation chartered by the U.S. government to encourage and guide the economic development of the newly emancipated African-American communities in the post-Civil War period Continue reading Revisit : FREDERICK DOUGLASS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF FREEDMAN BANK AND TRUST
Richard Allen (1760-1831)
Richard Allen was a minister, educator, writer, and one of America’s most active and influential black leaders. In 1794, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first independent black denomination in the United States. He opened his first AME church in 1794 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Continue reading Richard Allen (1760-1831)
Black Art Story 