Bloody Sunday: A Brutal Attack on Equality

Bloody Sunday: A Brutal Attack on Equality

Bloody Sunday: Alabama Police Attack, an FBI photograph taken in March 1965, captures one of the most violent and consequential moments of the Civil Rights Movement. The image exhibits Alabama State Troopers in Selma, Alabama, attacking nonviolent protestors. These...
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom occurred on August 28, 1963, where over 250,000 people gathered for this movement. In the photograph by the Library of Congress, it shows this event from the Civil Rights Movement which captures the protesters marching...

Executive Order 9066

                                                           7    On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the U.S. Army to designate “military areas” from which any person could be excluded. Though the order did not...
Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday

Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday

“Strange Fruit,” recorded in 1939 by Billie Holiday, is one of the most well-known and powerful protest songs. Originally written as a poem in 1937 by Abel Meeropol (under the name Lewis Allan), it protested the lynching of Black Americans and systemic racism.[1] The...
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.

Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.

This photograph was taken on August 28, 1963, in Washington, D.C., during a notorious Civil Rights protest called the March on Washington[1]. As depicted in the photograph, thousands of people gathered to march. Many of these people were activists coming from...