Azellia White
Born in Gonzales, Texas in 1913, Azellia White followed her husband Hulon “Pappy” White to Alabama as he pursued a career as a mechanic with...
Category : History
Joseph Cinque
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Joseph Cinque was born the son of a Mende headman in the village of Mani, in modern Sierra Leone. A rice farmer and trader, he...
Greenbury Logan
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Greenbury Logan (ca. 1798–ca. 1868). Greenbury (Greenberry) Logan, a free black and soldier who fought in the Texas Revolution, was born into slavery about 1798...
James Armistead
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Born into slavery around 1760, James Armistead lived most of his life on a plantation in New Kent, Virginia. During the American Revolution, however, James...
Treaty of Tordesillas
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Treaty of Tordesillas, (June 7, 1494), an agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus...
Christopher Columbus
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The explorer Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498, and 1502. He was determined to find a...
The Watts Revolt
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In the summer of 1965, the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles erupted in violence. What began as a routine traffic stop quickly escalated into six...
Western Colonialism
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Western colonialism, a political-economic phenomenon whereby various European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world. The age of modern colonialism began...
William Henry Hastie
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In 1937, William Henry Hastie became the first black federal district court judge. In 1950, he was confirmed as the first black federal appellate judge....
Brownsville Riot in Texas (1906)
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In July 1906, the U.S. Army stationed three companies of the all-black Twenty-Fifth Infantry at Fort Brown, Texas, adjacent to Brownsville. In recent years, southern...