Author: Stevie Jacksons
Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown has been arrested and brought back to the United States to face a second-degree attempted murder charge stemming from a shooting incident in Miami last May. According to authorities, Brown, 37, was apprehended by U.S. Marshals in Dubai and flown to Essex County, New Jersey, where he is being […]
Fannie Lou Hamer’s name stands as a symbol of courage, resilience, and unyielding determination in the face of oppression. A sharecropper turned civil rights icon, Hamer transformed her pain into purpose, becoming one of the most powerful voices in America’s fight for voting rights and equality. Born in 1917 in Montgomery County, Mississippi, Hamer spent […]
Medgar Evers remains one of the most courageous figures in America’s struggle for civil rights, a man whose unyielding commitment to justice helped lay the foundation for change in the Jim Crow South. Born in 1925 in Decatur, Mississippi, Evers grew up in a time when racism was entrenched in every corner of Southern life. […]
Maya Angelou’s life and words shaped the very soul of American culture. A poet, memoirist, performer, and civil rights activist, Angelou used her voice to capture the beauty, pain, and triumph of the Black experience, leaving behind a body of work that continues to inspire the world. Born Marguerite Annie Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, […]
David Lloyd Steward was born July 2, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, but his early years were spent in rural Clinton, Missouri, where his family moved when he was still a child. Growing up in a segregated environment, he experienced the realities of racial discrimination firsthand, separate schools, restricted access, and limited opportunities. Steward earned a […]
