Slaveholding was still a way of life for some residents of Washington, D.C. even after the Civil War began. But in 1862 that changed. On April 16, 1862, President Abraham […]
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Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) grew up in a family who cared deeply about social issues, including the abolition of slavery. Stowe chose to use the power of words to bring to light the injustice of slavery. She wrote: “…the enslaving of the African race is a clear violation of the great law which commands us to love our neighbor as ourselves.”
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Eunice Johnson (1916-2010) and her husband, John H. Johnson (1918-2005) created a publishing empire that included the highly successful Ebony and Jet magazines. In 1958 when a friend asked her
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Ethel Payne made a name for herself as a tireless black journalist who was willing to ask tough questions about segregation and civil rights. She did not become a journalist
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Morris “Morrie” Turner grew up dreaming of being a cartoonist, yet he knew the profession was dominated by white men. Despite that, Turner went on to create and publish the first integrated comic strip. He hoped that creating a strip featuring children of various ethnic backgrounds might attract new readers and change some minds. That’s how Wee Pals was born.
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• Victor Green’s book (The Negro Motorist Green Book), was a travel guide for African Americans. It was needed because of Jim Crow laws. During the 1940s and ‘50s, Americans
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