Civil Rights Archives - Sankofa Impact

Born in 1919 Georgia, Jackie Robinson spent the majority of his youth in California as...

15
Apr

Henrietta Lacks was a Black tobacco farmer from southern Virginia, the wife of a steelworker...

08
Mar

Shirley Chisholm was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1924 to immigrant parents. The eldest of...

21
Jan

Dr. Bernice A. King is an activist, peace advocate, and CEO of The King Center...

15
Jan

The familiar smell of a place of worship fills the air. In this center of...

11
Jan

Born in 1940 to parents who were sharecroppers, John Lewis grew up on a farm...

26
Oct

Cesar Chavez was born in 1927 to parents who were farmers. Growing up during the...

26
Sep

Movements for civil rights in the 1960s around the United States inspired people from different...

19
Sep

Concrete benches line a reflecting pool ahead of a giant building with the words Little...

06
Sep

On the side of an old country road in Neshoba County, Mississippi stands a lonely...

24
Jul