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John Berry Meachum (May 3, 1789 – February 26, 1854) was an American pastor, businessman, educator and founder of the First African Baptist Church in St. Louis, the oldest black church west of the Mississippi River. At a time when it was illegal in the city to teach people of color to read and write, Meachum operated a school in the church's ...
Santa Monica, California. Genre. Children's literature. Margaret Goff Clark (1913–2003) was an American author of children's books. She is best known for her book Freedom Crossing . Clark née Goff was born on March 7, 1913, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [1] She attended the State Teachers College at Buffalo. In 1937 she married Charles R. Clark.
Freedom Crossing Monument. Freedom Crossing Monument is located on the bank of the Niagara River in Lewiston, New York, and honors the courage of fugitive slaves who sought a new life of freedom in Canada, and to the local volunteers who protected and helped them on their journey across the Niagara River. It was dedicated on October 14, 2009.
Since 1965, many marches have commemorated the events of Bloody Sunday, usually held on or around the anniversary of the original event, and currently known as the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee. In March 1975, Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr., led four thousand marchers commemorating Bloody Sunday.
Student press freedom allows for the enrichment of student journalism programs in schools and beyond. SB 132 must uphold student press freedom. 'New Voices' act helps student journalists like me.
The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) was formed on December 5, 1955 by black ministers and community leaders in Montgomery, Alabama.Under the leadership of Ralph Abernathy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Edgar Nixon, the MIA was instrumental in guiding the Montgomery bus boycott, a successful campaign that focused national attention on racial segregation in the South and catapulted King ...
The original plans had anticipated 25 Freedom Schools and 1,000 students; by the end of the summer, 41 schools had been opened to over 2,500 students. Freedom Schools were established with the help and commitment of local communities, who provided various buildings for schools and housing for the volunteer teachers.
The construction of Interstate 65 (I-65) and I-85 in Montgomery, Alabama, on the edge of the downtown area, took place in 1961.Built after what was called "the golden era of highway construction" in the United States, its planning and actual construction fit into an ongoing pattern of local and state governments "building elevated expressways through black districts" in many major American ...