Children in the Slave Trade
The Caribbean, Brazil, and America The transatlantic slave trade, spanning the 16th to 19th centuries, forcibly transported millions of Africans to the Americas, including significant...
Author : joe bodego
Wet Nursing
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The Exploitation of Wet Nursing in the Antebellum South: A Gendered and Racialized Practice Wet nursing, the practice of feeding an infant with breast milk...
Constance “Connie” Enola Morgan
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Constance “Connie” Enola Morgan (1935-1995) was an American professional baseball player who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) from 1954 to 1958....
Marcenia Lyle “Toni” Stone Alberga
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Marcenia Lyle “Toni” Stone Alberga was a trailblazing figure in the world of baseball, and her life story is one of perseverance, determination, and breaking...
Vernon Napoleon Johns
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Vernon Napoleon Johns (1892-1965) was a prominent American minister and civil rights activist whose impact on the early stages of the civil rights movement in...
Ahmad Jamal
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Ahmad Jamal is an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader who was born on July 2, 1930, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He began playing the piano...
Horace Greeley
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Horace Greeley (1811-1872) was an American newspaper editor, reformer, and politician who played an important role in shaping the political and cultural landscape of the...
Slave Auction, 1859
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In early March 1859, an enormous slave action took place at the Race Course three miles outside Savannah, Georgia. Four hundred thirty-six slaves were to...
Fannie Taylor
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In January 1923, an accusation made by Fannie Taylor, a white woman living in Sumner, Florida, set off a chain of events that culminated in...
Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock is a legendary American jazz pianist, keyboardist, composer, and bandleader, whose influence on the world of music spans decades and genres. Born on...