Month: January 2021

Before Kamala: Black Women in Presidential Administrations

by ncurrie, posted in Black Women, Civil Rights, Labor, New Deal Era, Schools and Education

Today's post was written by Billy R. Glasco, Jr., archivist at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. From the liberating poetry of Phyllis Wheatley to the heroism of Shirley Chisholm. From the fortitude of Ida B. Wells to the tenacity of Fannie Lou Hamer, Stacey Abrams, and other Black women who have fought on the … Continue reading Before Kamala: Black Women in Presidential Administrations

view down a street with bus terminal on right

Bruce Boynton: The Original Freedom Rider

by ncurrie, posted in Civil Rights, Civil Rights Protest & Issues, Tribute/News

Today's post was written by Billy R. Glasco, Jr., archivist at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. On December 20, 1958, Bruce Carver Boynton, a black law student at Howard University was on his way home to Selma, Alabama via Trailways bus line for the Christmas Holidays.  On his way home, Boynton bus stopped … Continue reading Bruce Boynton: The Original Freedom Rider