Learn how Ella Baker shaped the civil rights movement through grassroots organizing, mentoring young leaders, and helping form SNCC.

Discover 15 powerful facts about Harriet Tubman that go beyond the Underground Railroad, revealing her role as a spy, leader, and freedom fighter.

More than 50 years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the issues he fought against, racism, inequality, and systemic injustice, remain deeply woven into American life. Though he is often remembered through a handful of famous quotes and a single speech, Dr. King’s impact reaches far beyond what is typically taught in classrooms. No civil rights leader of his era wielded influence quite like Martin Luther King Jr. At a time when segregation was codified int

Claudette Colvin was a civil rights activist who refused to give up her bus seat before Rosa Parks. Learn her role in ending bus segregation.

Frederick Douglass was an abolitionist, writer, and publisher who used words and media to fight slavery and injustice. Learn his story and legacy.

Ruby Bridges is a civil rights activist whose role in school desegregation reshaped American education. Learn her story, legacy, and why it still matters today.

Discover the powerful story of Amelia Boynton Robinson, the Selma civil rights leader whose courage on Bloody Sunday helped pave the way for the Voting Rights Act. This post explores her life as a Black woman organizer, mother figure, and voting rights pioneer whose legacy still inspires today.

Pullman National Monument reveals an overlooked chapter of Black labor history, highlighting the role of Black porters, collective resistance, and the fight for dignity in America.

Big Maceo Merriweather helped shape the Chicago blues sound, but for my family, his story started with my son’s name. This Black History Month blog post weaves together his journey from Georgia to Detroit and Chicago, his groundbreaking hit “Worried Life Blues,” and our personal discovery of his legacy at the National Blues Museum—showing how Black music history still echoes through our children, our cities, and our everyday lives.

The inspiring true story of Alice Ball, a young Black chemist whose groundbreaking discovery transformed leprosy treatment and saved lives worldwide.