The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the freedom of speech, religion, and the press. It also protects the right to peaceful protest and...
Category : History
George Washington
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George Washington, born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, stands as one of the most pivotal figures in American history. Known as the...
Nat Turner
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Nat Turner, born on October 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Virginia, was an enslaved African American preacher whose name became synonymous with rebellion and resistance...
Slavery in America
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Slavery in America has a long and dark history that has had a profound impact on the social, economic, and political landscape of the country....
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
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The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing occurred on Sunday, September 15, 1963, when a powerful explosion ripped through the predominantly African American 16th Street Baptist...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Executive Order 9981, Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)
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Establishing the President’s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity In the Armed Forces. WHEREAS it is essential that there be maintained in the armed...