Fisk Jubilee Singers
Fisk Jubilee Singers, a group of African American singers established (1871) at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. It is one of the earliest and most-famous...
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Roland Hayes
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The tenor Roland Hayes was the first African American man to win international fame as a concert performer. A native of Georgia, he traveled and...
When Joe Louis Boxed Nazi Favorite Max Schmeling
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As Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party loomed over Europe, an American and a German boxer squared off in the ring. They’d meet again two...
Florence Mills
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Florence Mills was an American entertainer who captivated audiences with her exceptional talent, charisma, and beauty. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1896, Mills began performing...
Anne Spencer
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Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer lived her entire life in Virginia, where she tended her garden, worked as a librarian and teacher, hosted luminaries of...
Alice Dunbar Nelson
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Alice Dunbar Nelson, in full Alice Ruth Dunbar Nelson, née Moore, (born July 19, 1875, New Orleans, La., U.S.—died Sept. 18, 1935, Philadelphia, Pa.), novelist,...
Benjamin Mays
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Benjamin Elijah Mays, a distinguished African American minister, educator, scholar, and social activist, left an indelible mark on the landscape of civil rights, education, and...
Buchanan v. Warley
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The unanimous decision, upholding the right of whites and blacks to sell residential property to one another, was the first exception to state segregation laws...
Segregation in the United States
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After the United States abolished slavery, Black Americans continued to be marginalized through enforced segregation and diminished access to facilities, housing, education—and opportunities. Segregation is...
Carl Brashear
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Born into a sharecropping family in 1931, Carl Brashear rose from little to become the first African American Master Diver and first amputee diver in...