Washington, D.C.
Bounded by the southern states of Maryland and Virginia, Black people in Washington D.C. were consistently treated as second-class citizens, despite making up a large percentage of the city’s population. The nation’s capital, however, was also the home of Howard University and an epicenter of Black struggle throughout the 20th Century. In the 1940s, Howard students, led by Pauli Murray, held sit-in protests at segregated public accommodations. A decade later, Howard student-activists formed NAG (Nonviolent Action Group), renewing demonstrations against racial discrimination. They helped found SNCC in 1960, remaining an important part of the organization throughout the sixties.
People
- Bayard Rustin
- Charlie Cobb
- Courtland Cox
- Cynthia Washington
- Ed Brown
- Frank Smith
- H. Rap Brown
- Ivanhoe Donaldson
- Jean Wheeler
- Jennifer Lawson
- Judy Richardson
- Karen Edmonds (Spellman)
- Michael Thelwell
- Muriel Tillinghast
- Phil Hutchings
- Ralph Featherstone
- Stokely Carmichael
- Tim Jenkins
- Stanley Wise
- Eleanor Holmes (Norton)
- Ruth Howard
- Jean Wiley
- Sandy Leigh
