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In May 1918, a wave of racial terror swept through Valdosta, Georgia, culminating in one of the most brutal lynchings in U.S. …

Fannie Lou Hamer entered a Mississippi hospital expecting treatment. She left sterilized—without consent, without explanation, and without justice. In 1961, Hamer, a …

On September 4, 1957, 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford walked alone toward Little Rock Central High School, her first day as one of the …

Josephine Baker was more than just a dazzling entertainer—she was a fearless activist, a wartime spy and a civil rights champion who …