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The ruling on this Supreme Court case determined that racial segregation was constitutional because races and different races' facilities were "separate but equal."

Newly freed African Americans soon found that the freedom that they were awarded was very different from what they anticipated.

When America elected Barack Obama, its first black president, emotion was rampant. Not because of political ideology but for the realization that the nation changed.

Over a hundred years ago, African Americans fought against White southern supremacy for equality and eventually won in the mid twentieth century.

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. responds to inequality and helps to lead America's Civil Rights Movement.

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. mounted courage and led the charge for Civil Rights throughout the United States. Impact of his achievements continues.

Here are some pre-reading activities to help your students understand the horrors of racism that existed in 1940s North Carolina.

Just as money only has value because members of modern society agree that it does, racial classifications and the stigmas attached with them are similarly constructed.

In 1915 the United States Marines invaded the Republic of Haiti. This invasion resulted in an occupation that lasted until 1935.

African Americans show an unwavering loyalty towards the Democratic Party. This loyalty coupled with an increase in Black turnout could deliver Democrats the Presidency.

February has long been designated a time to celebrate African Americans. 2007 celebrates 107 years of honoring the struggles, the glories and hopes for the future.

Josiah Henson endured the hardships and brutalities of Southern slavery until resolving to take his family to Ohio and on to Canada in order to live as free people.

Punta Gorda, Florida, historians Ann M. O'Phelan and Scot Shively capture the Southwest Florida city's rich historical past in a new book in the Images of America series.

After WWI, black urbanization was often met with intense violence, leaving blacks isolated and segregated in the hopelessness of a ghetto existence.

Born June 17, 1871, in Jacksonville, Florida, Johnson wrote the poem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," in 1900 for the celebration of President Abraham Lincoln's birthday.

Throughout middle Georgia, in Macon, Eatonton and Milledgeville, traditions merge with the past at various museums.

Before Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron played for professional Major League Baseball (MLB) teams, they honed their skills by competing in the Negro Baseball Leagues.

First named the Athletics of Babylon, these black baseball players held their own against all competition, including several teams from the then major leagues.

On November 4, 2008, during the U.S.A. presidential election, American voters cast their ballots for the end of racial stigmatization.

Suite101 investigates the origins of one of the most important music genres of the 20th century, The Blues.

The Republican Party was the first major U. S. political party to promote and defend the rights of women, including the right to equal pay for equal work.

Hazel Scott was born in Trinidad, grew up in the US. She mesmerized audiences with her piano skills, married a congressman and ended up on Joe McCarthy's blacklist.

With her act of defiance, she became a symbol of the American civil rights movement and was honored with a statue in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall.

Vygotsky was an influential educational theorist. This article discusses his contribution to the understanding of child development.

Native American citizenship has been a long struggle, both politically and culturally.