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Warren K. Leffler's photograph of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the National Mall. Beginning with the murder of Emmett Till in 1955, photography and photographers played an important role in advancing the civil rights movement by documenting the public and private acts of racial discrimination against African Americans and the nonviolent response of the movement.
Thanks for coming today and helping make history with the #AfroCROWD initiative improving awareness and engagement of people of African Descent on Wikipedia and the open internet. Today's mission: Add at least one sentence or other contribution to Wikipedia about a notable person of African descent or a place or cultural item associated with ...
Robert H. McNeill (December 19, 1917 – May 27, 2005) [1] was an American photographer who documented African-American life. "In the 1930s and 40s, any time there was a political, social, religious or community event in Washington's black community, Robert H. McNeill was there to photograph it."
Date Name First celebrated Remarks third Monday of January: Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 1986: The birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. [1] June 19: Juneteenth National Independence Day
Kwanzaa (/ ˈ k w ɑː n z ə /) is an annual celebration of African-American culture from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu, usually on the sixth day. [1]
Kevin Nolan, also known as Cocoa Santa, is a popular fixture in the St. Louis, Mo. area. "As a child, I don't remember seeing a Santa of color," says Nolan. "My mother kept the spirit of Christmas ...
Ax Handle Saturday, also known as the Jacksonville riot of 1960, was a racially motivated attack in Hemming Park (since renamed James Weldon Johnson Park) ...
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and filmmaker, who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African Americans—and in glamour photography.