R.R. Moton MuseumA Self-Made Female MillionaireSarah Breedlove, who later changed her name to Madam C.J. Walker, was born one of six children to formerly enslaved persons in Mississippi…Feb 5, 2021Feb 5, 2021
R.R. Moton MuseumThe First Student-Led Civil Rights ProtestIn 1951, Barbara Johns, a young 16-year-old girl from Prince Edward County, Virginia, was fed up with the conditions of her school. Robert…Feb 5, 2021Feb 5, 2021
R.R. Moton MuseumThe Exodus of 1879Also known as the Kansas Exodus and the Exoduster Movement, this time refers to when an abundance of Black southerners left their homes…Feb 5, 2021Feb 5, 2021
R.R. Moton MuseumBlack Cowboys in the Post Civil War WestOne in four cowboys in the west were Black; however, this is hardly depicted in our histories and pop cultural regarding the post-war wild…Feb 4, 2021Feb 4, 2021