The Chicago Real Estate Board’s Expulsion of Members Selling Homes to Black Families
On May 4, 1921, the Chicago Real Estate Board took a decisive step to enforce racial segregation in housing. In a unanimous vote, the Board...
Category : History
Jefferson Davis & the Deadly Orders Against Black Union Troops
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On Christmas Eve 1862, as the American Civil War raged into its second winter, Confederate President Jefferson Davis issued a chilling directive to the Confederate...
Mack Charles Parker
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On April 24–25, 1959, in Pearl River County, Mississippi, 23-year-old Mack Charles Parker—a Black Army veteran and truck driver—was abducted from his jail cell by...
General Daniel ‘Chappie’ James Jr.
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General Daniel “Chappie” James Jr. (February 11, 1920 – February 25, 1978) was a pioneering U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, combat veteran of three wars,...
Robert Bridges Forten
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Robert Bridges Forten (1813–1864) was a prominent African American sailmaker, inventor, abolitionist, and Union Army soldier who exemplified intellectual brilliance, resilience, and commitment to justice...
William J. Cruikshank
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William J. Cruikshank (also referred to as William “Bill” Cruikshank or W. J. Cruikshank, c. 1839–1920) was a 19th-century American planter, local political figure, and...
United States v. Cruikshank
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United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1876) is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision from the Reconstruction Era that significantly limited federal authority to...
Ericka Huggins
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Ericka Huggins (née Jenkins), born January 5, 1948, in Washington, D.C., is a human rights activist, poet, educator, former political prisoner, and leading member of...
George Kephart
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George Kephart (February 7, 1811 – August 26, 1888) was a 19th-century American slave trader, landowner, farmer, and later philanthropist from Maryland. He played a...
William Birch
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William Birch (often referenced as the Birch partner in Price, Birch & Co.; some deeds and contemporary accounts link a Henry Birch as a partner...