Stokely Carmichael

Stokely Carmichael

male, deceased (1998)
Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael, Afro-Trinidadian, black nationalism, American Civil Rights Movement, COINTELPRO target, black nationalist…congress of racial equality, racialintegration
Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael (June 29, 1941 - November 15, 1998), also known as Kwame Ture, was a Trinidadian-American black activist...
Virginia Foster Durr

Virginia Foster Durr

female, deceased (1999)
Wellesley College, First Lady of the United States, Civil rights activist, ku klux klan, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, New Deal…racialintegration
Virginia Foster Durr (August 6 1903 - February 24 1999) was an American civil rights activist and lobbyist. She was raised in Birmingham, Alabama...
Happy Chandler

Happy Chandler

male, deceased (1991)
Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler, Sr, death by myocardial infarction, commissioner of Major League Baseball, Senate Majority Leader, Alben Barkley, racialintegration…integration
Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler, Sr. (July 14 1898 - June 15 1991) was twice governor of Kentucky, a U.S. Senator, the 2nd Commissioner of Major...
Charlie Barnet

Charlie Barnet

male, deceased (1991)
New York Central Railroad, Big band bandleader, racialintegration, American jazz bandleader, New York City musician, Swing bandleader
Charles Daly Barnet was an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader. Barnet was born in New York City. His parents divorced when he was two, and he...
Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin

male, 73 years old
Jewish person, University of Georgia, Humorist, American, Food writer, From Kansas City…racialintegration
Calvin (Bud) Marshall Trillin (born in Kansas City, Missouri, December 5, 1935) is an American journalist, humorist, and novelist. He is best known...
Melba Pattillo Beals

Melba Pattillo Beals

female, 67 years old
Columbia University, Eyes on the Prize, racialintegration, Arkansas writer, Little Rock Central High School, Central high
Melba Pattillo Beals (born December 7, 1941) is a journalist and member of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who were the...
Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw

male, deceased (1999)
Conductor, from Tehama County, California, Cleveland Orchestra, death by stroke, United States National Medal of Arts recipient, Kennedy Center Honors…racialintegration
Robert Shaw was an American conductor most famous for his work with his namesake Chorale, with the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, and the Atlanta...
Jim Folsom

Jim Folsom

male, deceased (1987)
Sailor, United States Merchant Marine, American, insurance, governor, democratic…integration, racialintegration
James Elisha Folsom, Sr. (October 9 1908-November 21 1987), commonly known as Jim Folsom or "Big Jim", was the Democratic Governor of the U.S....
Kenny Washington

Kenny Washington

male, deceased (1971)
Los Angeles Police Department, football player, integrated, running back, College Football Hall of Fame, UCLA…racial discrimination, racialintegration
Kenneth S. "Kingfish" Washington (born August 31, 1918, Los Angeles, California; died June 24, 1971) was a professional football player who was one...
Vivian Malone Jones

Vivian Malone Jones

female, deceased (2005)
woman, death by stroke, School desegregation pioneer, activist, University of Alabama alumni, African-American…racialintegration
Vivian Juanita Malone Jones (July 15, 1942, in Mobile, Alabama - October 13, 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia) was an African-American woman, one of the...