For New York in the late 1960s, those shad­ows dated back to 1957 ... Hinton) witnessed a police officer beating a black citizen in Harlem. When Johnson inter­vened, he, too was beaten.

After the Harlem race riots of 1935 and 1943 came "New York's Night of Birmingham Horror." Just weeks after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson ...

He ran the organisation’s branch in Harlem, New York, and became a spokesperson for black nationalism. We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want ...

Moses was born in Harlem, New York, on January 23 ... Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, died Sunday ...

Moses was born in Harlem, New York, on January 23 ... much time in the Deep South until he went on a recruiting trip in 1960 to “see the movement for myself.” He sought out the Rev.

Ken Wydro, who co-created, co-wrote and produced the long-running 1983 Off Broadway hit musical Mama, I Want To Sing inspired by the life of 1960s “Just One Look” singer Doris Troy, died on Tuesday, ...