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James Hope, Mary Frances Taylor. John Hope (June 2, 1868 – February 22, 1936), born in Augusta, Georgia, was an American educator and political activist, the first African-descended president of both Morehouse College in 1906 and of Atlanta University in 1929, where he worked to develop graduate programs. Both are historically Black colleges.
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County. Barbara Rose Johns Powell (March 6, 1935 – September 28, 1991) [1] was a leader in the American civil rights movement. [2] On April 23, 1951, at the age of 16, Powell led a student strike for equal education opportunities at R.R. Moton High School in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia.
The education of the Negro in the American social order (1934) online; Bond, Horace Mann. Negro education in Alabama: a study in cotton and steel (1939) online; Bullock, Henry Allen. A history of Negro education in the South, from 1619 to the present (Harvard UP, 1967), a standard scholarly history online; Bush, V. Barbara, et al. eds.
Massive resistance was a strategy declared by U.S. senator Harry F. Byrd Sr. of Virginia and his son Harry Jr.'s brother-in-law, James M. Thomson, who represented Alexandria in the Virginia General Assembly, [1] to get the state's white politicians to pass laws and policies to prevent public school desegregation, particularly after Brown v.
Bidzina Ivanishvili (Georgian: ბიძინა ივანიშვილი, also known as Boris Grigoryevich Ivanishvili; [a] born 18 February 1956) [4] is a Georgian politician and oligarch, [5][6][7][8] who served as Prime Minister of Georgia from October 2012 to November 2013. He is one of the richest men in Georgia; his wealth was ...
Education reform. Education reform is the name given to the goal of changing public education. The meaning and education methods have changed through debates over what content or experiences result in an educated individual or an educated society. Historically, the motivations for reform have not reflected the current needs of society.
t. e. The civil rights movement (1896–1954) was a long, primarily nonviolent action to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. The era has had a lasting impact on American society – in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights, and in its exposure of the prevalence and cost of racism.
Leatherworker. Known for. Founded Prince Hall Freemasonry. Prince Hall (c. 1735/8 – December 7, 1807) was an American abolitionist and leader in the free black community in Boston. He founded Prince Hall Freemasonry and lobbied for education rights for African American children. He was also active in the back-to-Africa movement.