Catcher Race Riot of 1923
The December 28, 1923, assault and murder of a white woman in the Catcher community in Crawford County quickly ignited a firestorm of racial hatred...
Category : History
Scipio Africanus Jones
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Scipio Africanus Jones, a prominent attorney in Little Rock, Arkansas, played a pivotal role in the legal and political landscape of the late nineteenth and...
African-Americans in Chicago’s South Side in 1941
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The Great Migrations from 1910 to 1960 marked a significant demographic shift in the United States, as millions of African Americans made the journey from...
The Slocum Massacre 1910
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The Slocum Massacre occurred on July 29, 1910, in Slocum, Texas, an unincorporated community in southeast Anderson County. The city used to be home to...
Lawrence Massacre
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The vicious guerilla war in Missouri spills over into Kansas and precipitates one of the most appalling acts of violence during the war when 150...
The Elaine Massacre
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The Massacre of Black Sharecroppers That Led the Supreme Court to Curb the Racial Disparities of the Justice System The Elaine Massacre and the Landmark...
Louise Little
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The Unsung Heroine Behind Malcolm X Louise Little is a woman whose remarkable life story has often been overshadowed by the legacy of her famous...
Charles Jackson French
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Charles Jackson French, a United States Navy Petty Officer First Class from Omaha, Nebraska, demonstrated extraordinary courage and selflessness during World War II. His heroic...
A Free Man’s Letter to A Former Slaveowner in 1865
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Dayton, Ohio, August 7, 1865. To my old Master, Colonel P. H. Anderson, Big Spring, Tennessee. Sir: I got your letter and was glad to...
Lucy Higgs Nichols
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A Journey from Enslavement to Civil War Heroism and Beyond Lucy Higgs Nichols was born into the brutal reality of chattel slavery on April 10,...