Rube Foster
Rube Foster was a pioneer in the world of baseball, known for his contributions to the sport as a player, manager, and founder of the...
Civil Rights Act of 1875
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Civil Rights Act of 1875, U.S. legislation, and the last of the major Reconstruction statutes, which guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public transportation and...
Negro league
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Negro league, any of the associations of African American baseball teams active largely between 1920 and the late 1940s when black players were at last...
Jim Crow laws
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Jim Crow Laws in America and the American South: A Comprehensive Examination Jim Crow laws, a system of state and local statutes, ordinances, and social...
Jackie Robinson
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Jackie Robinson, born on January 31, 1919, was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball...
Absalom Jones
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Absalom Jones was an important figure in African-American history and a prominent religious leader. He is known for his contributions to the African Methodist Episcopal...
Richard Allen
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Richard Allen (1760–1831) was a prominent African American religious leader, abolitionist, and founder of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. He is considered one of...
Henry Brown
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Henry Brown, born into slavery in Virginia around 1815, toiled on a tobacco plantation under the brutal weight of bondage. His life, already marked by...
The Amistad Slave Rebellion
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From the 16th to the 19th centuries, an estimated 12 million Africans were forcibly shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World. Of those,...
Barack Obama
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On November 4, 2008, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was elected president of the United States over Senator John McCain of Arizona. Obama became the...