Frustrated with the absence of positive representations of Black people in art, John Wilson responded by providing images of Black dignity while addressing the painful realities of racial prejudice.
He led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to march for voting rights. The group was attacked by Alabama State Troopers in what would be known as "Bloody Sunday.
The hunter who made the first recorded kill of a black bear in Lancaster County was found guilty of shooting the animal ...