Saundra Brown Armstrong
On June 21, 1991, President Bush appointed Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong to the United States District Court. With her appointment, she became the first African-American...
Category : History
A lone African-American man attends a Klan rally in Jackson, USA, 1950
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A lone African-American boy left foreground, stands in a sparse crowd that turned out to hear Dr. Lycurgus Spinks, imperial emperor of one of the...
Paul Cuffe
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Paul Cuffe (1759–1817), an African American ship captain, merchant, and philanthropist, was a prominent advocate for civil rights for African Americans and Native Americans in...
East Saint Louis Race Riot of 1917
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East Saint Louis Race Riot of 1917, (July 2), bloody outbreak of violence in East St. Louis, Illinois, stemming specifically from the employment of black...
Benjamin O. Davis
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Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. (1877-1970) was the first African American general in the regular United States Armed Services. He assisted in developing and implementing...
Hazel Johnson
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Hazel Johnson was the first African American woman to become a general in the U.S. Army. She was appointed the Chief of the Army Nurse...
Buffalo soldier
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The term “Buffalo Soldier” refers to the African American soldiers who served in the United States Army during the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
Henry O. Flipper
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Henry Ossian Flipper was born on March 21, 1856, near Thomasville, Georgia, into a family marked by resilience and ambition despite the oppressive circumstances of...
Ebenezer D. Bassett
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Ebenezer D. Bassett was appointed U.S. Minister Resident to Haiti in 1869, making him the first African American diplomat. For eight years, the educator, abolitionist,...
1st Rhode Island Regiment
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The 1st Rhode Island Regiment was a Continental Army regiment during the American Revolutionary War. The 1st Rhode Island Regiment became known as the “Black...