Monte Irvin: “the only thing a black youth could aspire to be was a bellboy”
“I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn’t get served at a restaurant two blocks from my high school. There were no job...
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Elizabeth Eckford quote about the first day of school integration in Little Rock, Arkansas.
“I am Elizabeth Eckford. I am part of the group that became known as the Little Rock Nine. Prior to the [de]segregation of Central, there had been one hig...
Viola Liuzzo fights for civil rights
On March 16th, 1965, Viola Liuzzo “called her husband to tell him she would be traveling to Selma after hearing the Rev Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. call f...
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