Juneteenth 100 Years Ago
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, is a holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. It is celebrated on...
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Emancipation and Educating the Newly Freed
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While Juneteenth is often associated with celebrations of physical emancipations from slavery, it also signaled another type of liberation for the newly freed. Between 1861...
Atlanta Race Riot of 1906
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During the Atlanta race riot that occurred September 22-24, 1906, white mobs killed dozens of Black Georgians, wounded scores of others, and inflicted considerable property...
Charles P. Bailey Sr.
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Charles P. Bailey Sr., born in 1919 in Punta Gorda, Florida, emerged as a trailblazing figure, becoming the first Black native of his state to...
Annie Lee Cooper
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The Fearless Fighter for Voting Rights Annie Lee Cooper, a Selma native, played a pivotal role in the fight for voting rights during the civil...
William Still
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William Still (1821–1902) was an African-American abolitionist, writer, and Underground Railroad conductor. He was born in Burlington County, New Jersey, to parents who were formerly...
Walgreens “Nashville” lunch counter sit-in, 1960
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University students from black colleges in Nashville including American Baptist, Fisk, Meharry, and Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial School held a sit-in protest at the downtown...
The Richard and Mildred Loving Story
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To say that Richard and Mildred Loving were reluctant heroes would be an understatement. Richard, with his platinum blonde crew cut, backwoods accent, and taciturn...
Charles Deslondes -The 1811 Louisiana Slave Revolt
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Charles Deslondes was a Creole Mulatto slave living on the German Coast east of New Orleans. Because he was a Creole and thus had lighter...
The invention of whiteness: the long history of a dangerous idea
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Before the 17th century, people did not think of themselves as belonging to something called the white race. But once the idea was invented, it...