Executive Order 9981, Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)
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...
Category : History
The Tuskegee Airmen
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The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of African-American military pilots who served in the United States Army Air Corps (later the United States Army Air...
Fugitive Slave Act (1793)
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Chap. VII.—An Act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate...
W. E. B. Du Bois
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W. E. B. Du Bois, born on February 23, 1868, was an influential figure in African-American history. He was a sociologist, historian, civil rights activist,...
John Parker
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John P. Parker, born into slavery around 1827 in Norfolk, Virginia, became a notable inventor, businessman, and Underground Railroad conductor. Renowned for aiding nearly 1,000...
Underground Railroad
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The Underground Railroad was a network of people, African American as well as white, offering shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people from the South....
Tuskegee syphilis study
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The Tuskegee experiment began in 1932, at a time when there was no known treatment for syphilis, a contagious venereal disease. After being recruited by...
Frederick Douglass
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Douglass quickly became known for his powerful oratory skills and his eloquent writing. He became a leading voice in the anti-slavery movement, delivering impassioned speeches...
Malcolm X
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Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, and later known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, was one of the most influential...
The Million Man March
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The Million Man March was a historic event that took place on October 16, 1995, in Washington, D.C. Organized by the Nation of Islam leader...