Category : History

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 (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, (July 2), bloody outbreak of violence in East St. Louis, Illinois, stemming specifically from the employment of black...

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 was the first African American woman to become a general in the U.S. Army. She was appointed the Chief of the Army Nurse...

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 Ossian Flipper was born on March 21, 1856, near Thomasville, Georgia, into a family marked by resilience and ambition despite the oppressive circumstances of...

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...

Pioneering Black Lawyer and Judge Macon Bolling Allen, born Allen Macon Bolling in 1816 in Indiana, holds the distinction of being the first Black man...