Harlem Hellfighters
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...
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The Antelope and the Cruel Fate of Black Children in U.S. Law
In 1820, the Antelope was seized off the coast of Florida with approximately three hundred African captives crowded aboard—most of them children, with an average...
Brown v. Board: The Battle for the Minds of African-American Children
On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark decision that transformed the nation’s legal and moral landscape. In Brown v. Board...
July 9, 1841: Four Black Men executed for a bank robbery
On July 9, 1841, four Black rivermen—Madison Henderson, Alfred Amos Warrick, James W. Seward, and Charles Brown—were executed on Duncan’s Island, just south of St....
The Horrific Lynching of Mary Turner
Mary Turner was a young African-American woman lynched on May 19, 1918, near Valdosta, Georgia, in a horrific manner. She was eight months pregnant at...
Amelia’s Song: From Sierra Leone to South Carolina
“Ever since they left Thies, the women had not stopped singing. As soon as one group allowed the refrain to die, another picked it up,...
Ten Iconic Black Women of the Maafa
“Slavery is not an indefinable mass of flesh. It is a particular, specific enslaved woman, whose mind is as active as your own, whose range...
Catching up with Dr. Runoko Rashidi
“We’ve survived colonization and enslavement and when you consider what we have gone through, the fact that we are here to have this conversation is...
William Tucker: The first African American child
“Out under the moon and the stars, alone with his son…he walked to the edge of the village, lifted his baby up with his face...
Henry Johnson: Buffalo Soldier
After the civil war, regiments of African-American soldiers served on the western frontier, battling Native-Americans and protecting European settlers. They became known as Buffalo Soldiers....