by Human Trafficking Institute | Feb 28, 2024 | #InContext, Our Stories
“Power concedes nothing without a demand; it never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass Letter to Gerrit Smith, 30 March 1849 Frederick Douglass is one of the greatest names in the Abolitionist movement. Born to an enslaved mother and possibly...
by Alyssa Achiron | Feb 13, 2024 | #InContext, Legal Blog, Our Stories
Born on September 25, 1952, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and raised in a racially segregated South, Bell Hooks (born Gloria Jean Watkins) grew up in an environment deeply shaped by racial inequalities and injustices. Bell Hooks chose to adopt her great...
by Jenny Bloodworth | Jan 25, 2024 | #InContext, Legal Blog, Our Stories
Born in Texas during 1936, Barbara Jordan, the first black congresswoman from the South, grew up during the Jim Crow Era. Barbara was known for her tenacity, determination, and oratory skills since she fought zealously for civil and human rights. Even during...
by Alyssa Grzesiak | Jan 17, 2023 | #InContext, Learn about trafficking, Our Stories
From 1933 to 1945, Eleanor Roosevelt served as the First Lady of the United States alongside her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Serving as First Lady during the height of the Great Depression, Eleanor championed for many causes, including equal...
by Molly Wicker | May 29, 2019 | #InContext
By: CHRISTIN VIVONA Robert Francis “Bobby” Kennedy was born on November 20, 1925 in Brookline, Massachusetts to a tight-knit, Irish-American family. He was the seventh of nine children born to Joseph and Rose Kennedy. Bobby served in the U.S. Navy during World War II,...
