Month: February 2016 | Arthur Ashe Legacy

The Enduring Legacy of Andrew Young

Photograph by Warren K. Leffler Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy and Andrew Young in 1965 For ArthurAshe.org’s final Black History Month installment, we turn our attention to Andrew Young. […]

More than Just Words: Barbara Jordan’s Strong Politics

February 25, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Civil Rights Education History Opportunity Service Womens History /by Joe

Photo by Thomas J. O’Halloran. Photo by Warren K. Leffler. The AALC Black History Month celebration continues with our profile of Barbara Jordan: an American politician, lawyer and educator who, […]

Behind the Scenes: The Work of Augustus Hawkins

February 23, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Civil Rights Education History Opportunity Service US Congress /by Joe

Augustus Hawkins’ congressional portrait Hawkins in 1962 Today for Black History Month, we honor Augustus F. Hawkins, a well-known Democrat politician and the first African-American from California to serve in […]

Public Defender: Shirley Chisholm’s Lonely Battle

February 19, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Civil Rights Education History Opportunity President Obama Service Womens History /by Joe

Shirley Chisholm in 1965. The next profile for Black History Month is about Shirley Chisholm: an American politician, educator, and author. Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to […]

The Bold Strokes of Edward Brooke

February 17, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Civil Rights History Opportunity Service US Congress /by Joe

Senator Edward Brooke with President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office, 1967. Edward Brooke Edward Brooke was an American Republican politician who, in 1966, became the first African-American popularly […]

The Mixed Legacy of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

February 15, 2016/in African American History All American History Civil Rights History Opportunity Protest US Congress /by Joe

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. with President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965. Our next subject is Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., a minister, activist and congressman from New York who would come […]

Oscar Stanton De Priest’s Lonely Fight

February 12, 2016/in African American History All Civil Rights Education History Opportunity US Congress /by Joe

A campaign button for De Priest Our next profile examines the life and legacy of Oscar Stanton De Priest, an American lawmaker and civil rights activist who became the first […]

The End of an Era: George Henry White

February 10, 2016/in African American History All American History Civil Rights Civil War Education History Opportunity Reconstruction Service US Congress /by Joe

George Henry White Henry Plummer Cheatham The next profile for Black History Month examines the life of George Henry White. Born just prior to the Civil War, he rose to […]

Chronicle of Reconstruction: The Story of John R. Lynch

February 8, 2016/in African American History All American History Authors Civil Rights Civil War Education History Opportunity Reconstruction Service /by Joe

The photo from Lynch’s 1913 book John Roy Lynch was an American politician, writer, attorney, and military officer, who was born into slavery, gained freedom in 1863 and was subsequently […]

The Extraordinary Life of Robert Smalls

February 4, 2016/in Abolition African American History All American History Civil Rights Civil War History Opportunity Service US Congress /by Joe

An article from Harper’s Weekly in 1862 detailing Robert Smalls exploits on the Planter. Robert Smalls The next profile for Black History Month, continuing our series celebrating the history and […]