Dr. John Hope Franklin
Dr. Franklin is best known for his book From Slavery To Freedom published in 1947. He received more than one hundred honorary degrees from colleges and universities and in 1995…
Success
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while…
Intended Consequences By Jonathan Torgovnik
In 1994, in the East African nation of Rwanda, one million ethnic Tutsi people were slaughtered, in a genocide committed by their Hutu countrymen. But the scars left by these…
Why Build a Lynching Memorial? (Video)
For More Information See Link Below: Equal Justice Initiative – https://www.eji.org EJI’s national memorial to victims of lynching and museum on the legacy of slavery and racial inequality are on…
Barbara Charline Jordan – 1976 Democratic National Convention (Video)
Keynote address delivered by Representative Jordan 1976 Democratic National Convention.
Lynching In America Produced By Equal Justice Initiative
“This report is part of EJI’s racial justice project, which examines the history of racial injustice in America and the impact of structural poverty on a range of issues. We…
A National Memorial Confronts The Terror Of Lynching
PBS New Hour Published on Apr 27, 2018 A new memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, looks to confront one of this country’s greatest shames: its brutal history of racial terror and…
Ask Yourself
Presented By Lauryn Whitney: “I am Lauryn Whitney, a mother, a black mother, to a black boy. I’ve wept, I’ve wailed, I’ve lost count of the names. Open your eyes…
The Story Of George Stinney
George Junius Stinney Jr. was a 14 year old African-American kid convicted of murder as a result of a racially-biased and discriminatory trial in 1944 in his home town of…
Interview with Fannie Lou Hamer (1968)
“Listen Up – Man Is On The Critical List”