Voices of the Past Archives

The World War II iconography of Rosie the Riveter is well known—a white woman dressed...

27
Mar

Harriet Tubman was born into enslavement in 1822. Her early life was spent on a...

10
Mar

Zora Neale Hurston was born in 1891 and raised in Eatonville, Florida. She was the...

28
Jan

Born on this day in 1903, Ella Baker was an iconic civil rights activist. Ella...

13
Dec

Born in 1912 and raised by his grandparents, Julia and Janifer Rustin, young Bayard Rustin...

25
Sep

On this day in 1875 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was born as the first free...

10
Jul

Today is Malcolm X Day and we celebrate this icon of world history. Born Malcolm...

17
May

56 years ago, in the Spring of 1968, the Black Panther Party for Self Defense...

23
Apr

Ida B. Wells was born into enslavement in 1862 during the Civil War. In her...

26
Mar

Born in 1875 to formerly enslaved parents, Carter G. Woodson was a historian and author....

08
Feb