by admin | Mar 16, 2013 | CULTURE
Titus Murphy saved Reginald Denny from the worst riot in this century On June 16, 1992 Titus Murphy of Los Angeles, California granted an interview to Black History magazine. He was one of four people who helped save a White truck driver (Reginald Denny), from the...
by admin | Mar 16, 2013 | CULTURE
In The 20th Century: A United State’s Problem Nightline Looks At This Century’s Worst Riots Nightline aired a segment dealing with the Los Angeles riots following the first verdict in the Rodney King police brutality case. We thought it would be of great...
by admin | Mar 16, 2013 | CULTURE
Fear of Insurrection From: Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl Born a slave in 1813, Harriet A. Jacobs became a fugitive in the 1830s. In 1861 she published the account of her ordeal as a slave under the pseudonym Linda Brent. Lydia Maria Child, a well-known...
by admin | Mar 16, 2013 | ACTIVIST
Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family’s long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931;...
by admin | Mar 16, 2013 | CULTURE
Nubian Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts by Azell Murphy Ancient Nubian civilization flourished for more than six thousand years. This sophisticated and unique culture is characterized by its own artistic development, central organization often led by a king, and...
