Carl Braden was an journalist who spent much of his life challenging racism and segregation in America. His activism made him one of the Civil Rights Movement’s most committed white allies, but it also brought surveillance, blacklisting, and prison...
James Meredith is a civil rights activist, writer, and U.S. Air Force veteran best known for integrating the University of Mississippi in 1962, an act that sparked a deadly riot and forced the U.S. government to deploy thousands of...
Eroseanna Robinson was a force of nature who used bold and often unconventional tactics to challenge segregation, militarism, and racial injustice. From breaking barriers in public spaces to defying the U.S. government itself, Robinson spent her life fighting for...
L. Alex Wilson was a courageous African American journalist and editor who covered key civil rights events, including the Emmett Till case and the Little Rock Nine crisis. In 1957, while reporting on the integration of Little Rock Central...
Medgar Wiley Evers was a prominent American civil rights activist, the first field secretary for the NAACP in Mississippi, and a World War II veteran, who dedicated his life to fighting racial segregation and injustice. His efforts to improve...
