He served nearly three years in the U.S. Navy and documented almost all of it, leaving an invaluable record of Black life during the war.
Tag: Biographical Information
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Overlooked No More: Elizabeth Hayes, Coal Town Doctor Who Fought for Miners
“Dr. Betty” led 350 miners on a strike in Pennsylvania in 1945 demanding that the mining company that owned their town improve horridly unsanitary conditions.
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Overlooked No More: Louise Little, Activist and Mother of Malcolm X
She fought oppression in public and private spheres, and shaped her son’s education as he evolved into a powerful thinker and speaker.