Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Following increased pressure from Southern politicians, Congress passed a revised Fugitive Slave Act in 1850. Part of Henry Clay’s famed Compromise of 1850—a group of...
Author : joe bodego
Levi Coffin
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Levi Coffin, (born October 28, 1798, New Garden “now in Greensboro”, North Carolina, U.S.—died September 16, 1877, Cincinnati, Ohio), an American abolitionist, called the “President...
Lynching Preachers
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The Role of Religion and Racial Violence in America’s Lynching Era: How black pastors resisted Jim Crow and white pastors incited racial violence. Between 1883...
Palmer C. Hayden
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Palmer C. Hayden was a prominent American painter known for his depictions of African-American life, landscapes, seascapes, and African influences. Born on January 15, 1890,...
Gloria Davy
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Gloria Davy (March 29, 1931 – November 28, 2012) was a pioneering American-born soprano (later a Swiss citizen through marriage and residence) celebrated for her...
Celia Cruz
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Celia Cruz was a Cuban-American singer and performer who became known as the Queen of Salsa. Born in Havana, Cuba in 1925, Cruz began her...
Elizabeth Ann Eckford
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Elizabeth Ann Eckford made history as a member of the Little Rock Nine, the nine African-American students who desegregated Little Rock Central High School in...