Alexander Demitri "Alex" Shimkin (October 11, 1944 – July 12, 1972) was an American war correspondent who was killed in the Vietnam War. He is notable...

born January 15, 1929). In contrast to his peacemaking brother, Martin, A. D.—according to his father—was "a little rough at times" and "let his toughness...

Leon Shimkin (April 7, 1907 – May 25, 1988) was an American businessman who helped to build Simon & Schuster into a major publishing company. Shimkin was...

the original on October 20, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2013. McFadden, Robert D. (July 22, 2020). "Charles Evers, Businessman and Civil Rights Leader, Dies...

Washington, D.C., for instruction and training. Following his training, Johnson asked Undersecretary of the Navy James Forrestal for a job in Washington, D.C....

with Marissa Alexander and called for Angela Corey to use her influence to get Alexander's 20-year sentence reduced. He contrasted Alexander's sentence with...

the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2020. Burns, Alexander; Martin, Jonathan (February 19, 2020). "Warren Leads an Onslaught of Attacks...

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Alabama.: xv–xvii  After investigating her case, Rosa Parks—along with E. D. Nixon, Rufus A. Lewis, and E. G. Jackson—organized a defense for Taylor in...

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Townsends moved to Ruleville, Mississippi, to work as sharecroppers on W. D. Marlow's plantation. From age six, Hamer picked cotton with her family. During...

Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2007. R. Alexander Acosta, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, states...

Encounter in Money, Mississippi". The Southern Quarterly (PDF). Burch, Audra D. S.; Shastri, Veda; Chaffee, Tim (February 20, 2019). "Emmett Till's Murder...

a speech on Islam and black empowerment by Wallace Fard Muhammad (Wallace D. Fard). Afterward, Poole said he approached Fard and asked if he was the "Mahdi"...

"President Clinton Awards the Presidential Citizens Medals". Washington, D.C.: The White House (whitehouse.gov), archived by the National Archives and...

Malcolm X also served as a mentor and confidant to Elijah Muhammad's son, Wallace D. Muhammad; the son told Malcolm X about his skepticism toward his father's...

"moderate" objections to the ongoing movement, such as US President Dwight D. Eisenhower's claim that he could not meet with civil rights leaders because...

Archived from the original on September 23, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2023. Alexander, Leslie M.; Rucker, Walter C. (February 28, 2010). Harry Belafonte. Abc-Clio...

2007: Honorary LL.D. degree from the University of Vermont 2007: Honorary LL.D. degree from Adelphi University 2012: Honorary LL.D. degrees from Brown...

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ISBN 1-4039-6237-5. "Eldridge Cleaver: Brigham Young University Speech". Alexander Street, part of Clarivate. October 23, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2023...

Mildred became pregnant, and in June 1958, the couple traveled to Washington, D.C. to marry, thereby evading Virginia's Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which...

2003-06-08, retrieved 2007-11-23 "G4 Vivian Malone". Hilary N. Green, PhD. Retrieved 2020-11-30. Civil rights pioneer Vivian Jones dies, USA Today,...

governor of the state of Mississippi ... I blame the people in Washington D.C., and on down in the state of Mississippi for what happened just as much...

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including Senators Albert Gore, Sr. (D-TN) and J. William Fulbright (D-AR), as well as Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV), who personally filibustered for 14...

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compiled and edited by Guy and Candie Carawan. Oak Publications, 1968. Alexander Tsesis, We Shall Overcome: A History of Civil Rights and the Law. Yale...

bent from a young age. At the age of 14, Goodman traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in the 1958 Youth March for Integrated Schools. During...