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Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson was a singer, actor and African-American activist whose performing career was hampered by the anti-communist craze of the 1950s. Paul Robeson attended Rutgers College on a scholarship…Claudette Colvin
Claudette Colvin was a black teenager who challenged Alabama's segregation laws in 1955 and was arrested, nine months before Rosa Parks made history for doing the same thing. Colvin was 15 years old…Fred D. Gray
Fred D. Gray is an Alabama attorney who has been at the center of the fight for racial justice since the Montgomery Bus Boycott of the 1950s. Among his first clients as a lawyer were Claudette…Dorothy Day Biography
Dorothy Daysocial activist, journalist, and cofounder of the Catholic Worker movementBorn: 1897Birthplace: New York, N.Y. From 1914 to 1916, Day attended the University of Illinois, where she joined…Alabama
Alabama State Facts Organized as territory: March 3, 1817Entered Union: Dec. 14, 1819 (22nd State)Present constitution adopted: 1901 Fun Facts State abbreviation/Postal code: Ala./ALNickname:…Bayard Rustin Biography
Bayard Rustincivil rights activistBorn: 3/17/1912Birthplace: West Chester, Pa. Rustin was one of the most influential civil rights activists of the 1950s and '60s, yet he maintained a low…The Population Shifts in the United States
White Births Are No Longer the Majority by Jennie Wood Related Links Census 2010Families by Type, Race, and Hispanic OriginProfile of the United StatesU.S. Population…Other American Library Association Awards for Children's Books, 1998
(For books published in 1997) Also see the Caldecott Medal and the Newbery Medal winnners.The Coretta Scott King Award: (author): Forged by Fire, Sharon Draper (Atheneum); (illustrator): In…John Lewis
John Lewis was beaten nearly to death in Selma, Alabama while marching for voting rights in 1965, and went on to become one of America's most prominent civil rights leaders and a member of the U.S.…Gordon Parks Biography
Gordon Parks American photographer, filmmaker, writer, and composerBorn: Nov. 30, 1912Birthplace: Fort Scott, Kansas Best known as an acclaimed photographer, Gordon Parks was also a highly…Trending
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