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Mamie Till-Mobley was considered the godmother of the civil rights movement in the mid-1900s. She devoted herself to fighting racial injustice after the gruesome murder of her 14-year-old son in 1955. Emmet Till was accused of allegedly sexually harassing Carolyn Bryant, a white shopkeeper in Money, Mississippi. The world soaked in the barbaric details of…
Heavyweight champion, Big Bill Tate, was among the many fortunate African Americans who had...
The revered traditional ruler, Attah Ameh Oboni, ascended to the throne of Igala land on May...
Courage, dexterity, profound cultures, and influential leaders; when it comes to black history,...
Black educator and abolitionist, George Boyer Vashon, gained recognition in his lifetime as a man of many firsts. Born July 25 1984 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to his mother, Anne Vashon, and his father,...
When Charles Douglass and his wife Laura decided to visit the Bay Ridge Resort on the Chesapeake Bay in 1890 to enjoy the sea breeze, it did not occur to them that the color of their skin could be a reason...
Every person of African descent with links to slavery has their own narrative. For educationist Hallie Quinn Brown, her parents, Thomas Arthur Brown and Frances Jane Scroggins were former slaves. Her father...
Richard Henderson came to Meadville in 1824, becoming the first permanent Black resident there. He had escaped from his owner at the age of 15. He did not take this dangerous expedition alone. He escaped...
The journey of African-American painter Edwin Harleston began when he married photographer Elise Forrest in 1920. His wife shaped a long-held pursuit of rewriting the narrative about African Americans....
The culture in Upper Canada for prospective land owners in the early 1800s was for them to write to the Executive Council of the governor expressing interest in land. Once the petition was reviewed and...
Benjamin Bradley shocked his cohorts and owner when he built a steam engine out of a gun barrel, steel and pewter, among other materials. Awed by his brilliance, his owner arranged for him to serve as...
Over the three decades of his career, African-American scientist Walter Lincoln Hawkins pioneered a global revolution that changed the way plastics were recycled and fiber optic lines were preserved. The...
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