The Dark ‘Fugitive Slave’ History of Rikers Island
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...
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A Lynching at Statesboro: The Story of Paul Reed and Will Cato
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In 1904 two black men were arrested in Statesboro, Georgia, for a particularly gruesome mass murder of a white farmer, his wife, and their three...
Archibald James Carey Jr.
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Archibald James Carey Jr. enjoyed an illustrious and influential career that spanned many spheres of public life. Following in the footsteps of his father, Archibald...
James Winkfield
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Jimmy Winkfield was a legendary jockey and horse trainer who made history as the last African American to win the Kentucky Derby in 1902. He...
Slave Insurrection of 1811 German Coast Uprising led by Charles Deslondes
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The first major sugar-producing zone in the United States was the site of the largest slave insurrection in US history, one year before Louisiana’s statehood....
Slave Trade’s Sea Crime of 1738: 644 Africans intentionally drowned by white captors
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On Jan. 1, 1738, the Leusden, a Dutch West India Company slave ship carrying nearly 700 African men, women, and children through what is now...
Martin Luther King, Sr
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Martin Luther King, Sr., born Michael King Sr., was a prominent figure in the civil rights movement and the father of the iconic civil rights...
Alberta Williams King
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African-American church organist and mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. Name variations: Mama King. Born Alberta Christine Williams in 1903; assassinated in 1974; daughter of...
Marcus Wayne Chenault Jr
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Sunday, June 1974, Mrs. Alberta Williams King, the mother of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot and killed. The murder happened as Mrs. King...
Minnie M. Cox
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She was the first known African-American woman to serve as a postmaster in the United States. She was lauded for her efficiency and dedication, for...