Category : History
John Elliott Rankin
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John Rankin was born in Itawamba County, Mississippi, on 29th March 1882. After graduating from the University of Mississippi in 1910 he was admitted to...
How the GI Bill’s Promise Was Denied to a Million Black WWII Veterans
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When Eugene Burnett saw the neat tract houses of Levittown, New York, he knew he wanted to buy one. It was 1949, and he was...
In 1912, This Georgia County Drove Out Every Black Resident
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The children of Jeremiah and Nancy Brown, who were expelled from Forsyth in 1912. Left to right: Harrison, Rosalee, Bertie, Fred, Naomi, and Minor Brown,...
The Story Of Peter, The Slave Whose Scars Fueled The War For The Abolishment Of Slavery
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The harrowing tale of Peter’s experience as a slave during the Civil War in America is a poignant reminder of the inhumane treatment suffered by...
How African Male Slaves Were Raped By Slave Owners And Dealers
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The Impact of Rape on Enslaved African Men The topic of rape of the enslaved African men is one that the African-Diaspora community and Africans...
You probably didn’t know that Nicodemus, Kansas is named after an African prince sold into slavery
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Although the town of Nicodemus, Kansas, has since 1996 been designated as a National Historic Site in the United States, the story of how it...
The Stono Rebellion
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The Stono Rebellion, also known as Cato’s Conspiracy, was a significant event in the history of colonial America. It took place on September 9, 1739,...
Mary Ellen Pleasant
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A wealthy 19th-century figure who aided enslaved people in escaping via a covert network. Mary Ellen Pleasant (1814–1904), a formidable African-American entrepreneur, abolitionist, and activist,...
The Myth of Robert E. Lee And The “Good” Slave Owner
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Because of the current controversy surrounding Confederate monuments, Robert E. Lee’s connection to slavery crops up repeatedly, as it did most recently in a New York Times article....