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Jo Ann Robinson
While many people know Rosa Parks as the face of the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955, few recognize the name of Jo Ann Robinson, the moving force behind the organization of the boycott. Ms. Robinson was active in the Montgomery community, a member of the Dexter Avenue...
John Reed
John Reed was a fierce human and civil rights advocate who worked collaboratively with community leaders and legislators for a half century to identify and address the problems and needs of people of color and the underserved on Cape Cod. He bucked the system of...
William H. Carney
Meet Army Sgt. William H. Carney, the first black recipient of the award U.S. Medal of Honor who earned it for protecting the American flag during a ferocious battle for Fort Wagner. Wm. Carney was born into slavery in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1840. His family was...
Phillis Wheatley
In 1773, Phillis Wheatley became the first Black person and the second woman to publish a book of poetry in, what was becoming, the United States of America. An enslaved woman from the Gambia, she was one of the best-known poets in pre-19th century America. She read...