Category : History

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...

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...

On Easter Sunday, April 13, 1873, in Colfax, Louisiana, a large mob of white men launched a violent assault on the Grant Parish courthouse, resulting...

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...

Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of blacks in U.S. history....

A Dark Chapter in the American Civil War On April 12, 1864, along the banks of the Mississippi River in Lauderdale County, Tennessee, one of...

The Ku Klux Klan is a white-American organization that primarily promotes hatred of all races that are not white and non-protestant religions. It was organized...