White Arkansans, fearful of what would happen if African-Americans organized, took violent action, but it was the victims who ended up standing trial The Elaine...
The Haitian Revolution which lasted from August 22 to January 1, 1804, led the Caribbean nation to gain its independence from the French under General...
Roger Sauvage was one of the few pilots of African descent to fly in both the French and Russian Air Forces in World War II. Sauvage was born in Paris on March...
Sundown towns are communities that for decades—formally or informally—kept out African Americans or other groups. They are so named because some marked their city limits...
Richard Riker (September 9, 1773 – September 26, 1842) was an American lawyer and politician from New York, who served as the first district attorney...
As much as the slave-trade market played a role in building the city of Charleston, South Carolina, and many other cities across the South, Northern...