Browsing: Civil Rights movement

Do the names Bessie Coleman, Constance Baker Motley, Maggie Lena Walker and Mary Church Terrell ring a bell?

How about Rosa Parks?

They’re all trailblazers in the civil rights movement, according to University of Houston history professor Dr. Linda Reed, who presented a lecture last night at Bennett Auditorium.

Students, faculty and guests gathered on the top floor of the Hankamer School of Business to hear a leader in the fight against segregation speak Tuesday evening.