Starting at a very young age, Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice became passionate about math and science, oblivious to the fact that the passion she was developing...
Imagine at least 250,000 people covering the National Mall in Washington, D.C., all with a common goal. That was the reality on Aug. 28, 1963. Known...
New Jersey native Bernadine Lawrence attended the March on Washington in 1963. She was a freshman at A&T State University in Greensboro, North Carolina. “We came...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed the 250,000 at the March on Washington with a speech many consider one of the most significant in American history....
The March on Washington provided a snapshot of the climate of social unrest that defined the country in the 1960’s. TheVillage selected several photos from Argenta...
August 28, 1963 has been defined by many, and in many different ways. It was most surely a culmination of hard labor, and years of planning...
The summer of 1963 raised the social temperature of the nation and the growing awareness of Diane Davenport, a young college student at Millikin University in...
The March on Washington in 1963 occurred during a time of great economic and education distance between African Americans and Whites. But, in the years since...
Travel to Washington, D.C. for the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington is much easier for African Americans than it was in 1963. Jim Crow...
Bass Reeves (1838–1910) Bass Reeves was the greatest frontier hero in in American history. He walked into the valley of death every day for thirty-two years....