Black and Education Danita Smith

Let's explore the man who laid the foundation for Dr. King and his family in Atlanta.

Fannie Lou Hamer was a remarkable woman. Let's explore her early beginnings in life, her days fighting to register to vote, her time being beaten in jail and her famous speech during the Democratic National Convention, in 1964.

Ida B. Wells wrote about several incidences in Georgia, in 1899. This is an
excerpt of the murders of several men, who were tied together in a
warehouse, awaiting trial the next morning on the accusation of arson.

“That the awful story of their slaughter may not be considered overdrawn,
the following description is taken from the columns of the Atlanta Journal
, as it was written by Royal Daniel, a staff correspondent. The story of
the lynching thus told is as follows :

Selina and Thornton Gray should be best know for what they did for their
family, not for anything they did for Robert E. Lee or George Washington’s
legacy.

Who was Jan Ernst Matzeliger and what did he invent? Find out now.

What was Granville T. Woods famous for? What did he invent and where can his impact be felt today?