How the GI Bill’s Promise Was Denied to a Million Black WWII Veterans
When Eugene Burnett saw the neat tract houses of Levittown, New York, he knew he wanted to buy one. It was 1949, and he was...
Category : History
In 1912, This Georgia County Drove Out Every Black Resident
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The children of Jeremiah and Nancy Brown, who were expelled from Forsyth in 1912. Left to right: Harrison, Rosalee, Bertie, Fred, Naomi, and Minor Brown,...
The Story Of Peter, The Slave Whose Scars Fueled The War For The Abolishment Of Slavery
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The story of Peter’s experience in the hands of his slave masters is one that leaves you confused – gets you wondering if the enslavers...
How African Male Slaves Were Raped By Slave Owners And Dealers – A Bitter History
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The topic of rape of the enslaved African men is one that the African-Diaspora community, and Africans back home, might shy away from. This is...
You probably didn’t know that Nicodemus, Kansas is named after an African prince sold into slavery
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Although the town of Nicodemus, Kansas, has since 1996 been designated as a National Historic Site in the United States, the story of how it...
Stono Rebellion: The largest slave revolt in America led by slaves from Kongo in 1739
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The Stono Rebellion was a slave rebellion that occurred on September 9, 1739, near the Stono River in South Carolina, which was then a British...
Mary Ellen Pleasant
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Mary Ellen Pleasant (1814-1904) was an African-American entrepreneur, abolitionist, and activist known for her significant contributions to civil rights and her remarkable life story. Born...
The Myth of Robert E. Lee And The “Good” Slave Owner
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Because of the current controversy surrounding Confederate monuments, Robert E. Lee’s connection to slavery crops up repeatedly, as it did most recently in a New York Times article....
The Groveland Four (1949)
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The Groveland Four case was a 1940s example of injustice toward young African American men falsely accused of raping white women. The Groveland Four were...
The Lynching of Joel Woodson
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Joel Woodson of Omaha, Nebraska was lynched by a mob in Green River, Wyoming on December 10, 1918, at the Union Pacific Railroad yard. He...