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Atlantic Crossing: A Story Of Passion And Politics To Air On PBS MASTERPIECE
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Black Broadway, Madame Lillian Evanti and Washington DC's Black history – Capital Outlook
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Rosa Parks, Minnie Rogers and many others fought for civil rights; you can too.
Bob Delaney, for NBA.com
February 18, 2021 5:36 PM
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks sat on a Montgomery, Ala. bus and refused to give up her seat to a white man. It would become a moment that defined a movement, forever shaping the course of civil rights history in the United States with that simple gesture of bravery and defiance.
Though she sat alone that day, Rosa Parks truly was never alone. Her strength was anchored in what drives human resiliency. Confronting fear and rising above ignorance is often triggered by an incident such as the one she faced. In this case, the cause was a segregationist system that she felt compelled to challenge.
Black Broadway, Madame Lillian Evanti and Washington DC’s Black History
Black Broadway, Madame Lillian Evanti and Washington DC’s Black History
NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia
There’s little question that African Americans have been a significant part of Washington, DC’s civic life and identity since the city was first declared the new national capital in 1791.
According to Cultural Tourism DC, African Americans were 25 percent of the population in 1800, and most of them were enslaved.
On April 16, 1862, nine months before President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863, the U.S. Congress passed the District of Columbia Emancipation Act, making the District of Columbia’s slaves the first freed in the nation.
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