Category Archives: CL HISTORY SPOTLIGHT

Thursday, March 12, 2009 Posted by: J. Dakar

CL HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: ANNA J. COOPER

ANNA J. COOPER (1858-1964) was an author, educator and one of the most important black scholars in history.

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Thursday, March 5, 2009 Posted by: J. Dakar

CL HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: RON BROWN

RON BROWN (1941-1996) was a businessman and politician who was the first black person to serve as chairman of a national political party and the first black Secretary of Commerce.

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Thursday, February 26, 2009 Posted by: J. Dakar

CL HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: ANNE BRADEN

ANNE BRADEN (1924-2006) was a journalist, organizer, educator and one of the earliest and most dedicated white allies of the Civil Rights Movement.

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Sunday, February 22, 2009 Posted by: J. Dakar

HISTORY BIT: PULLMAN PORTERS

In an era when America traveled by train, one of the best jobs a black man could land was working as a Pullman porter. It also was one of the worst. The hours were grueling — 16 hours a day, seven days a week. The first Pullman porters, hired after the Civil War, were former slaves. Their ranks swelled until they reached 20,000 in the early part of the 20th century, making them the largest group of African-American men employed in the country.

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