Sundown Towns
Sundown towns are communities that for decades—formally or informally—kept out African Americans or other groups. They are so named because some marked their city limits...
Category : History
Bass Reeves: The Legendary Lawman Who Inspired Django
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Bass Reeves, an iconic figure in American history, stands as one of the most formidable lawmen of the Wild West and one of the first...
Richard Riker
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Richard Riker (1773–1842) was an American lawyer and politician from New York, notable for his roles as the first district attorney of what is now...
The Dark ‘Fugitive Slave’ History of Rikers Island
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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...
The Lynching of Will Cato & Paul Reed
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A Dark Chapter in Georgia’s Racial History In August 1904, the small town of Statesboro, Georgia, became the epicenter of one of the era’s most...
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...