By Graham Thomas Kilmer February 20, 2015 Frederick Douglass, originally named Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, was born the son of a slave and a white man in Talbot County, Maryland. Some believe Douglass’s father was the owner of the very plantation he spent the first eight years of his life on. Before the […]
A Moment in Black History: Remembering W.E.B. DuBois
By Ariele Vaccaro February 13, 2015 W.E.B. DuBois Among his numerous titles, “civil rights activist” might be William Edward Burghardt DuBois’s most influential. He’s more commonly known as W.E.B. DuBois. Although the Lenin Peace Prize Winner grew up in the relatively integrated town of Great Barrington, Mass., he was no stranger […]
A Moment in Black History: Ida B. Wells
February 6, 2015 Ida B. Wells Ida B. Wells was a journalist, suffragette, and crusader for justice in the face of tyranny. She was the daughter of former slaves, and became one of the most prominent activists in America’s anti-lynching movement. Wells helped establish civil rights organizations all over the country, and […]