On 19 October 1840, the American schooner Hermosa struck a reef near Spanish Key in the Abaco Islands....
On the morning of 9 September 1739, a group of African captives in South Carolina began an uprising...
The story of the 369th Infantry Regiment stands as one of the most remarkable chapters in First World War history—and as a powerful lens on the contradictions within American democracy itself....
In 1820, the Antelope was seized off the coast of Florida with approximately three hundred African captives crowded...
On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark decision that transformed the nation’s legal...
On 13 May 1985, the City of Philadelphia carried out a military-style aerial bombing on a residential row house at 6221 Osage Avenue, in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia....
On July 9, 1841, four Black rivermen—Madison Henderson, Alfred Amos Warrick, James W. Seward, and Charles Brown—were executed...
“Ever since they left Thies, the women had not stopped singing. As soon as one group allowed the...
The Register of the Treasury was an office of the United States Treasury Department. The signature of the Register of the Treasury appeared on United States paper money from 1861 until...
On November 2–3, 1920, a Euro-American mob attacked the African-American community of Ocoee, Florida, after they attempted to...
On August 28, 1963, over 250,000 demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., for the historic March on Washington for...
“As the black spot passed over the sun, so shall the Blacks pass over the earth.” – Nat Turner On the night of 21 August 1831, seven Black men gathered near...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
