The Truth about Hayti (July 1, 1903)

Written about 100 years after Hayti achieved nationhood.
A candid response to the vitriol that some Americans and Europeans were spreading about Hayti early in the 20th century. I find m. Leger to be on point, in fact much of what he says can be applicable early in the 21st century as well.



Author: Léger, J. N.
Volume: 177
Publisher: The North American Review

Haitian Independence Day January 1, 1804

Greatest Black Emancipation : The Haitian Revolution (1791-1804)

More on Slave uprisings

Paul Lawrence Dunbar Published Oak and Ivy (Dec. 20,1893)

Author: Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
Publisher: Dayton, Ohio : Press of United Brethren Publishing House
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Language: English
Call number: ucb_banc:GLAD-151135377
Digitizing sponsor: MSN
Book contributor: University of California Libraries
Collection: cdl; americana

The Montgomery Bus Strike Ended December 20, 1956

When Rosa Parks refused on the afternoon of Dec. 1, 1955, to give up her bus seat so that a white man could sit, it is unlikely that she fully realized the forces she had set into motion and the controversy that would soon swirl around her.

Civil Rights Power Organizer - Ella Baker

Ella Josephine Baker (December 13, 1903 – December 13, 1986)
To remember Ella Baker at this time is paramount.  She was one of the foremost organizers in the movement to proclaim the civil rights of African American people in her era. To acknowledge her superb effort, is to offer her techniques, insights and successes as a model for present and future mass organizers to study and emulate.

“The stuggle is eternal. The tribe increase. Somebody else carries on.”
Ella Baker