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The library preserves historical information about the African-American community in Houston. [91] It is the city's first library to focus on African-American history and culture. [92] W.L.D. Johnson Neighborhood Library is the successor of the former Carnegie Library. [93]
Heman Marion Sweatt (December 11, 1912 – October 3, 1982) was an African-American civil rights activist who confronted Jim Crow laws.He is best known for the Sweatt v.. Painter lawsuit, which challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine and was one of the earliest of the events that led to the desegregation of American higher educa
Quanell Ralph Evans was born in Los Angeles, California.Both his mother and father were members of the Nation of Islam.After his parents divorced, Evans moved to Houston where he lived with his grandmother, mother and younger brother in the South Acres neighborhood, where he attended Worthing High School.
This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focused on those African-Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African-Americans.
W.E.B. Du Bois was a sociologist and activist who became the first Black person to earn a doctorate from Harvard University. ... Obama became the first Black president in American history after ...
Lulu (or Lula) Belle Madison White (August 31, 1900 [1] – July 6, 1957) was a teacher and civil rights activist in Texas during the 1940s and 1950s. [2] In 1939, White was named as the president of the Houston chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) before becoming executive secretary of the branch in 1943. [3]
Ruby Bridges is an American activist who helped the civil rights movement in Louisiana. She was the first child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School, an all-white school in Louisiana ...
The paper criticized Jim Crow laws, sought equal pay for African American teachers, advocated for Houston's Carnegie Library for African Americans, pushed for the hiring of African American postal workers, and opposed segregation. [4] C.N. Love was a leading civil rights activist and advocate for the African American community.