Quick Black History Lessons: Denmark Vesey
Denmark Vesey was a former slave, carpenter, and insurrection leader. In 1799 he won $1500 in a lottery and paid his master $600 for his...
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Never Forget: 30 Black Girls Were Imprisoned In A Hot Georgia Stockade For 45 Days For Trying To Buy Movie Tickets
In 1963, more than a dozen Black girls, between the ages of 12-15, were arrested and locked in a dilapidated stockade for two months without...
Cop Who Killed 15-Year-Old Jordan Edwards Sentenced To 15 Years
A Texas jury sentenced a former police officer to 15 years in prison Wednesday night for the shooting death of an unarmed African-American teen in...
Share Our History: Stagecoach Mary Fields – Wild West Badass and First Black Woman to Carry the Mail
Born a slave in Hickman County, Tennessee around 1832, “Stagecoach” Mary Fields, also known as Black Mary, was a formidable figure in the Old West....
Race Riots Broke Out After Jack Johnson Boxing Match
On July 4, 1910, long before the Ali-Frazier fight in 1971 would be dubbed ‘Fight of the Century,’ the original fight of the century had...
Black History: The Black Women Who Helped America Reach the Moon
We have all heard the saying, “Behind every great man is a great woman,” well the NASA astronauts are no exception to this. The women...
Bessie B. Stringfield broke barriers as a female motorcyclist
Although many people might not have heard of her, Bessie B. Stringfield is a Black female pioneer in the world of motorcycling. Born in the...
Share Our History: During the Jim Crow Era, Blacks Used ‘The Green Book’ to avoid being harassed by Whites when they traveled
As we are in full swing of the holiday season, millions of Americans are traveling throughout the country. Not so long ago, traveling while Black...
Share Our History: When Muhammad Ali Convinced Saddam Hussein To Free 15 American Hostages
The late Muhammad Ali made it his life’s work to be an outspoken humanitarian and that trait was on full display in November 1990, when...
Share Our History: Mansa Musa – The Wealthiest Man Who Ever Lived
When you think of the world’s all-time richest people, you probably think of names like Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet or John D. Rockefeller. But few have heard...
Share Our History: 6 Little Known Facts About African King Shaka Zulu
Shaka kaSenzangakhona, also known as Shaka Zulu, was a great Zulu king and conqueror. He lived in an area of South-East Africa, between the Drakensberg...
