The Little Rock Nine They Only Wanted To Go To School… Thelma Mothershed, Elizabeth Eckford, Melba Pattillo, Jefferson Thomas, Ernest Green, Minnijean Brown, Carlotta Walls, Terrence Roberts, Gloria Ray. By Dale Ricardo Shields Little Rock, Arkansas September 4, 1957 In the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision, issued May 17, …
The Scottsboro Boys The nine African American teenagers were falsely accused of raping two White women in (1931) Alabama. by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS “No case has ever caused so much protest or outrage in the history of the United States.” An American Tragedy: The Scottsboro Boys’ Trial SCOTTSBORO BOYS TRIAL AND DEFENSE …
HATTIE McDANIEL 1895 – 1952 ______________________________________ “Why should I complain about making seven hundred dollars a week playing a maid? If I didn’t, I’d be making seven dollars a week actually being one” By Dale Ricardo Shields All Rights Reserved – iforcolor.org Give Hattie McDaniel an Oscar; Support the replacement of her plaque Petition …
“The Secret Meeting that Changed Rap Music and Destroyed a Generation“ HIP HOP IS READ The unsigned letter below was originally posted on the blog Hip Hop is Read, and was written by a self-proclaimed “decision-maker” working for an equally anonymous major record label. The anonymous nature of the letter led many to dismiss it …
