Assata Olugbala Shakur
Assata Olugbala Shakur—political activist, author, fugitive, and step-aunt of the famed, slain hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur—was born JoAnne Deborah Bryon on July 16, 1947, in...
Category : History
Black History Month
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Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of blacks in U.S. history....
Fort Pillow Massacre
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Fort Pillow Massacre, the Confederate slaughter of African American Federal troops stationed at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, on April 12, 1864, during the American Civil War....
Nathan Bedford Forrest
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Nathan Bedford Forrest, (born July 13, 1821, near Chapel Hill, Tennessee, U.S.—died October 29, 1877, Memphis, Tennessee), was a Confederate cavalry commander in the American...
Fugitive Slave Ads
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Advertisement for a fugitive slave in the Oppenheim (New York, 1824) Readers of May 24, 1796, Pennsylvania Gazette found an advertisement offering ten dollars to...
Floyd McKissick
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Floyd McKissick was a prominent civil rights activist and politician who made significant contributions to the fight for racial equality in the United States. Born...
Olivia Hooker, One of the Last Survivors of The Tulsa Race Riot, Dies At 103
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After surviving one of the most horrific acts of racialized violence in U.S. history and then making history as one of the first black women...
Homer A. Plessy
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Homer A. Plessy was a civil rights activist who played a pivotal role in the fight against segregation in the United States. Born in New...
Slave Burial Ground of Anse Sainte-Marguerite
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The discovery of human bones on the beach at L’Anse Sainte-Marguerite, threatened with gradual destruction by coastal erosion, led to archaeological operations being conducted there...