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The FBI director who destroyed Marcus Garvey, others using state-sponsored terrorism
John Edgar Hoover, upon getting his LL.M. degree, was hired by the Justice Department to work in the War Emergency Division at 22. He moved from the Division’s Alien Enemy Bureau to the Bureau of...
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Mau Mau Society of Harlem, the guards of black power leaders seen as extremist group by U.S. gov’t
In the eyes of the house committee on Un-American activities of the House of Representative, the Mau Mau Society of Harlem were an extremist group of Negros involved din riots, looting and burning. To...
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Beaumont Riot of 1943, how 200 Black businesses were destroyed, two died and 300 arrested
Another act of white aggression against Blacks conveniently called race riots happened on June 15 and 16, 1943. Called the Beaumont Riot of 1943, it was sparked by racial tensions which arose in this Texas...
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Famous for his baseball exploits, do you know about Jackie Robinson’s last civil rights act?
Famed for his baseball exploits, Jackie Robinson born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia would go on to play in Major League Baseball for nine years. With the departure of his father in 1920, the Robinson...
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That defining moment when John Johnson had to publish the battered face of slain Emmett Till
The brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till at the hands of white men -Roy Bryant and his half-brother J.W. Milam – stunned the nation, especially when it emerged he was abducted before his cruel...
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A look at the life and times of Kobe ‘Black Mamba’ Bryant
Retired professional basketball player, Joseph Washington “Jellybeans” Bryant had a successful career as an NBA player plying his trade for the Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers and...
