White Abolitionists Still Viewed Black People as Inferior
White Abolitionists Ran the Movement According to Amherst College Black Studies professor David Blight, the issue of the race carried over into the abolitionist movement....
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Thomas Jefferson
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Jefferson was a man of many talents. He was the author of the Declaration of American Independence, a founding father of the United States and...
Selma Hortense Burke
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A Legacy of Artistic Excellence and Social Activism Selma Hortense Burke, born on December 31, 1900, in Mooresville, North Carolina, left an indelible mark on...
Sally Hemings
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Sally Hemings was an enslaved woman who lived in the United States in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. She was owned by Thomas...
Oscar J. Dunn
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Louisiana’s First Black Lieutenant Governor Oscar J. Dunn is significant in Louisiana’s history as the first Black Lieutenant Governor. Born in New Orleans, Dunn’s life...
Dutty Boukman
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Catalyst of the Haitian Revolution Dutty Boukman, also known as Boukman Dutty, stands as a significant figure in the annals of history for his pivotal...
Gaspar Yanga
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The heritage of Africans in Mexico after Christopher Columbus is a topic that has been overlooked in the history books of the Americas. One of...
Annie Turnbo Malone
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Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone, born on August 9, 1869, in Metropolis, Illinois, was a pioneering African American entrepreneur, inventor, and philanthropist who revolutionized the beauty...
James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King’s assassin, being led to his cell after his arrest in London, 1968
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The FBI put him in a bulletproof vest, they weren’t going to take any chances after Lee Harvey Oswald. Martin Luther King was shot and...
George Lincoln Rockwell and members of the American Nazi Party attend a Nation of Islam summit, 1961
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American Nazi Party Commander George Lincoln Rockwell, flanked by two members of the party, listening to Malcolm X’s speech at Black Muslims meeting held at...