Civil Rights & Niagara Movement
Co-founder of the Niagara Movement (the first civil rights movement of the twentieth century) at Harpers Ferry, Freeman Henry Morris Murray was an African American activist for civil rights who risked his life and the lives of others to fight for what he knew would lead to the advancement of his people. He was a successful and knowledgeable man and this biography details his many talents based on years of research and family interviews. Author: Anita Hackley-Lambert. Publisher: HLE Publishing. Paperback, 288 pages. Measures 6" x 9". Weighs: 1 lb. 1.4 oz.
John Brown is an endlessly fascinating historical figure. Here are two classic studies by a pioneer in African American studies, one about the place of John Brown in African American history, the other about the reasons for the unique esteem in which he has been held by successive generations of blacks.This two-in-one edition features a new introduction by William S. McFeely, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Grant: A Biography. Author: Benjamin Quarles. Publisher: Da Capo Press. Paperback, 164 pages. Measures 5" x 8". Weighs: 12.2 oz.
Surprisingly, kids were some of the key instigators in the Civil Rights Movement, like Barbara Johns, who held a rally in her elementary school gym that eventually led to the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court school desegregation decision, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges, who was the first black student to desegregate elementary schools in New Orleans. In The Civil Rights Movement for Kids, children will discover how students and religious leaders worked together to demand the protection of civil rights for black Americans. They will relive the fear and uncertainty of Freedom Summer and learn how northern white college students helped bring national attention to atrocities committed in the name of segregation, and they'll be inspired by the speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr., Medgar Evers, and Malcolm X. Activities include: reenacting a lunch counter sit-in; organizing a workshop on nonviolence; holding a freedom film festival followed by a discussion; and organizing a choral group to sing the songs that motivated the foot soldiers in this war for rights. Author: Mary C. Turck. Publisher: Chicago Review Press. Paperback, 189 pages. Measures 11" x 8.5". Weighs 1 lb. 8.2 oz.
Bookmark featuring a design of the Lockwood House and information about African American history in Harpers Ferry. Gloss cover. Measures 7" x 2.25".
In the Watchfires is a remarkable book that contributes not only to Loudon County history, but to African American and United States history. Emancipation Day celebrations come to life in its pages and illuminate the community that created them. Part memoir and part history, it demonstrates how rural African Americans cultivated racial pride and civic activism that laid the groundwork for the civil rights movement. The celebrations chapter and the epilouge are written in the first person and are rich and evocative. Between them, the author presents a well-documented history and informed interpretation of the Loudoun County Emancipation Association and its role in the community. Her biographical directory highlights numerous men and women whose civic contributions might otherwise go unrecognized. Many photographs, maps, and drawings further enliven the book. In the Watchfires will delight and inform a wide audience, from children and general readers to genealogists and scholars. -Deborah A. Lee, Ph.D., Resident Fellow, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Author: Elaine E. Thompson. Publisher: Friends of the Thomas Balch Library. Paperback, 88 pages. Measures 6" x 9". Weighs 7.6 oz.
Bookmark featuring photos of J.R. Clifford, Mary Clifford, and information on J.R. Clifford's role in the Niagara Movement and his time at Harpers Ferry.Gloss cover. Measures 7" x 2.25".
Bookmark featuring photos of the 1906 Niagara Movement meeting and information on the meeting which took place in Harpers Ferry. Gloss cover. Measures 7" x 2.25".
Explore the meaning of the Niagara Movement and it's historic meeting at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Postcard of the 1906 Niagara Movement Conference in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Measures 7" x 5".
Why do we call West Virginia "A New Home for Liberty?" What did West Virginia have to do about slavery, in order to become a State in 1863? How did a jury in Tucker County, WV strike a blow for racial equality in the 1890s? Who are the West Virginia heroes J.R. Clifford, Granville Hall, Carrie Williams, and Gordon Battelle and why do we admire them? You can learn the answers to these questions and lots more in this exciting book of stories from West Virginia's civil rights history. The first story in the new book is titled "A New Home for Liberty," and describes the creation of West Virginia through the life of the abolitionist and statehood leader Granville Davisson Hall (1837-1934). Before the Civil War, Hall's father, a tanner in the Harrison County Town of Shinnston (then a part of Virginia), was indicted for distributing anti-slavery literature. The book's second story, "J.R. Clifford and the Carrie Williams Case," tells how Carrie Williams, an African American teacher in a segregated Tucker County school at the head of the Blackwater Canyon, won a landmark equal rights case in the 1890s before the West Virginia Supreme Court. Williams' lawyer was John Robert(J.R.)Clifford, (1848-1933), the State's first African American attorney. As a teenager, Clifford fought for the Union Army in the Civil War, and he is also a character in the "New Home for Liberty" story.