Gloria Richardson Dandridge (born Gloria St. Clair Hayes; May 6, 1922 – July 15, 2021) was an American civil rights activist best known as the
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Women In History: Ida B Wells-Barnett
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She
WV History: Jan 24, 1960 Martin Luther King Jr Visited Charleston, WV
Reading through the OTD items for January on the WV Archives page, I found that Dr Martin Luther King Jr preached one Sunday morning in
Women’s History Month: Marian Wright Edelman, civil rights activist
Marian Wright Edelman (born: June 6, 1939) is an American activist who, in 1973, founded the Children’s Defense Fund. She was the first African American
Women’s History Month: Claudette Colvin, Civil Rights Pioneer
Claudette Colvin is a civil rights pioneer. On March 2, 1955, she refused to give up her bus seat for a white woman on an
