Category : History

The C.R. Patterson & Sons Company was a carriage building firm and the first African American-owned automobile manufacturer. The company was founded by Charles Richard...

On July 27, 1919, an African-American teenager drowned in Lake Michigan after violating the unofficial segregation of Chicago’s beaches and being stoned by a group...

The Extraordinary Life of the World’s First Black Fighter Pilot Eugene Bullard, born on 9th October 1894, led a life that was nothing short of...

On June 19, 1865, an event occurred in Galveston, Texas, which is now celebrated as Juneteenth. It marks the day when Union General Gordon Granger...

Similar to the way people insure their cars, houses, and lives, slave owners would sometimes insure their slaves. Fearful of not getting their money’s worth...

Bridget “Biddy” Mason, an African-American woman, is a testament to the resilience, courage, and generosity that can flourish in the face of adversity. Her remarkable...

Denmark Vesey, originally named Telemaque, was born around 1767, likely on the island of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies (now the U.S. Virgin...

Sharecropping was a pivotal agricultural system that took root in the United States, particularly in the Southern states, following the Civil War (1861–1865). Emerging during...

The Colfax Massacre occurred on April 13, 1873. The battle-turned-massacre took place in the small town of Colfax, Louisiana as a clash between blacks and...