Irene Morgan

Civil rights pioneer dies at the age of  90.  In 1944 Irene Morgan  refused to give up her bus seat to white passengers more than a decade before Rosa Parks.  Her action resulted in the 6-1 landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that Virginia's law enforcing segregation on interstate buses was illegal... more

Presidential Citizens Medal.

Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Thurgood Marshall

First African American elevated to U.S. Supreme Court  (1967-1991) ...  more

Law School

Academic High

Jack Johnson

First African America Heavyweight Champion of the World, 1908-1915

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nicknamed  "Galveston Giant"