Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver was an influential figure in the civil rights movement and an outspoken advocate for black liberation. Born on August 31, 1935, in Wabbaseka,...
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Elaine Brown
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Born in 1943 in North Philadelphia, Brown moved to Los Angeles to be a songwriter. While living in California, Brown learned about the Black Power...
Five Things to Know About the Descendants of Cherokee’s Black Slaves
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The Cherokee Freedmen and Their Struggle for Recognition The history of the Cherokee Freedmen is a complex and contentious one, marked by centuries of struggle...
Black Wall Street – The Tulsa Race Riots of 1921
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The year 1921 marked a dark and devastating period in American history, as the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, became the site of one of the...
Henrietta Lacks
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Henrietta Lacks, a name that may have been unknown to many until recent years, has emerged as a symbol of the complex relationship between medical...
East St. Louis “Race Riots”
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The East St. Louis “Race Riots” of 1917 saw the indiscriminate massacre of men, women, and children in a one-sided spate of brutal burnings of...
Drapetomania
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In 1851, Dr. Cartwright delivered a paper which ran in De Bow’s Review, one of the South’s most widely-read periodicals. “Diseases and Peculiarities of the...
Fugitive Slave Acts 1793
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Fugitive Slave Acts, in U.S. history, statutes passed by Congress in 1793 and 1850 (and repealed in 1864) that provided for the seizure and return...
The Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company
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The Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company commonly referred to as The Freedmen’s Bank, was incorporated on March 3, 1865. It was created by the United...
The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion
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The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion was activated as a result of a recommendation made in December 1942 by the Advisory Committee on Negro Troop Policies,...