At a press conference in 2010, a young Cam Boozer joined his dad Carlos at the podium...
Last night, the roles were reversed as Carlos joined his son Cam after he was selected No. 3 overall at the NBA Draft 🥹
19-year-old Bernice Johnson user here Voice while she was locked up to sing during the civil rights protest. She became a doctor.. and she dedicated her life towards the freedom and equal rights for Black people in America. Remember her Jim Crow could not stop her. Police brutality could not stop her.
Earlier this year, Daniel Cressy was one of fewer than 100 people in the world to receive gene therapy for sickle cell disease, and today he is the FIRST person in Louisiana to be functionally cured! His powerful journey shows why access to lifesaving treatments and potential cures should never depend on a person’s ZIP code. We must continue fighting for health equity so every family has the same opportunity and hope.
Michel Nkuka Mboladinga, better known as "Lumumba Vea," has stood motionless at matches since 2013 to honor DR Congo's first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba
As one of the country's most recognizable supporters, Vea was included in President Félix Tshisekedi's official World Cup delegation 🇨🇩💯
John Morton Finney was a Buffalo soldier who fought in World War 1, earned 11 degrees and practiced law until he was 106 years old.
He was believed to be the longest practicing attorney in the United States.
—John Morton-Finney (June 25, 1889 - January 28, 1998) was an American civil rights activist, lawyer, and educator who earned 11 academic degrees, including 5 law degrees.
He spent most of his career as an educator and lawyer after serving from 1911 to 1914 in the U.S. Army as a member of the 24th Infantry Regiment, better known as the Buffalo soldiers, and with the American Expeditionary Forces in
France during World War I.
Morton-Finney taught languages at Fisk University in Tennessee and at Lincoln University in Missouri, before moving to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he taught in the Indianapolis Public Schools for forty-seven years.
He was a member of the original faculty at Indianapolis's Crisps Attucks High School when it opened in 1927 and later became head of its foreign language department. He also taught at Shortridge High School and at other IPS schools.
He was admitted as a member of the Bar of the Indiana Supreme Court in 1935, as a member of the Bar of the U.S. District Court in 1941, and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1972.
Black America created the music and white corporations and record companies got Rich. White celebrities copied them and got Rich.. and most Black people never get credit from it. A lot of of them died very poor.
In December 2015, 15-year-old Zaevion Dobson, a Fulton High School football player from Knoxville, Tennessee, made a decision most people could never imagine.
He was with friends when gunfire suddenly erupted during a drive-by shooting. In that terrifying moment, Dobson had only seconds to react. He could have run.
He could have tried to save himself. Instead, he threw his body over the girls beside him, shielding them from the bullets.
The girls survived. Zaevion did not.
His final act turned a teenage football player into a national symbol of courage. In 2016, Dobson was posthumously honored with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYS, becoming one of the youngest recipients ever.
Fulton High School later retired his No. 24 jersey, ensuring that his name would never be remembered only for how he died, but for how he chose to protect others in his final moments.
Zaevion Dobson was only 15 years old, but his courage carried the weight of a lifetime.
They invited the young fan to join, but she didn't know how to skip. Instead of leaving her out, they stayed with her, patiently showing her until she finally nailed it 🥹❤️
🚨MAGA IS LOSING THEIR MIND: Hakeem Jeffries quietly worked behind the scenes to ensure Cape Verde’s star goalkeeper Vozinha’s mother could enter the United States to watch her son play against Uruguay.
THIS is what leadership looks like. THIS is what America is all about.
An American legend has taken his final rest. John Kinsel Sr., one of the last original Navajo Code Talkers who used their language to outwit the Japanese in World War II, has died at 107.
These are actual Freedom Riders, now elderly, sitting together decades after risking their lives to challenge segregation in the American South.
he original courageous Freedom Riders movement began in 1961.
The first group, organized by Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), had 13 original Freedom Riders:
• 7 Black riders
• 6 white riders
They left Washington, D.C. on May 4, 1961, riding interstate buses into the Deep South to challenge segregation in bus terminals after Supreme Court rulings had already declared it unconstitutional.
After brutal mob attacks in Alabama, including the firebombing of a bus in Anniston and savage beatings in Birmingham and Montgomery, more activists joined. The movement quickly expanded beyond the original 13.
By the end of 1961, more than 400 Freedom Riders had participated across the South. Many were arrested and sent to Mississippi’s notorious Parchman Prison.
Hezekiah Watkins
At just 13 years old, Watkins became the youngest Freedom Rider ever arrested. His involvement happened almost by accident when he went to the Jackson, Mississippi, Greyhound station to see the riders arrive. In the chaos, he was swept up by police and sent to the notorious Parchman State Penitentiary. Initially placed on death row to intimidate him, he spent several days in the prison before being released. This traumatic experience did not deter him; he went on to become a lifelong activist, dedicated to educating others about the struggle for justice in Mississippi.
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
A rare figure in the movement, Mulholland was a white woman from a privileged Southern background who turned her back on social expectations to fight for racial equality. By the time she joined the Freedom Rides, she was already a seasoned activist involved in sit-ins. In 1961, she was imprisoned in Parchman for over two months. She later became the first white student to enroll at Tougaloo College, a historically Black institution, and was a primary organizer for the 1963 March on Washington. She famously survived a near-lynching during the Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in.
Ameen Tuunagane (Willie James)
Known during the movement as Willie James, Tuunagane was a relentless civil rights organizer and Freedom Rider. He was part of the waves of activists who traveled to Jackson, Mississippi, to challenge Jim Crow laws. His work extended far beyond the buses; he was deeply involved in voter registration drives and community organizing, often operating in high-risk areas where the threat of police and vigilante violence was constant. His commitment focused on the intersection of political power and basic human dignity.
Carol Ruth Silver
A recent law school graduate at the time, Silver joined the Freedom Rides to put her legal principles into practice. She was arrested in Jackson and, like many others, served time in Parchman Penitentiary. During her incarceration, she kept a secret diary on scraps of paper, documenting the harrowing conditions and the psychological tactics used by guards. Her later career was defined by this experience; she became a prominent lawyer and politician in San Francisco, continuing her advocacy for civil rights and educational reform for decades.
Kredelle Pettway
Pettway was a dedicated activist who participated in the movement during the height of the 1960s racial tensions. As a young woman, she joined the ranks of those demanding the desegregation of public facilities in Alabama and Mississippi. Her contribution highlights the essential role of local youth and women in maintaining the momentum of the movement. She faced the constant threat of the Ku Klux Klan and state-sanctioned violence, standing firm in the belief that the "separate but equal" doctrine was a moral and legal failure.