On May 4th, 1961, one of the most important campaigns in the Civil Rights Movement began with a simple bus ride. The Freedom Rides, a series of audacious bus trips through the segregated South, were orchestrated with a singular purpose: to challenge the legality of segregated…
Read MoreOn October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a United States Supreme Court justice. His ascension to become the first African-American Supreme Court justice position stands as a momentous chapter in American legal and civil rights history. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, in…
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