Strange Fruit: The lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith
Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith were two African American men who were lynched on August 7, 1930, in Marion, Indiana, after being taken from jail...
Tag : African-American history
The Slocum Massacre
“Some people don’t want that part of history told because it makes them or their ancestors look bad, but history is history. You can’t just...
Interview with Wilbert Smith, author of Hole in the Head, the story of Vertus Hardiman
“This story is not about what happened to him, it’s everything to do with how he chose to live his life in spite of what...
11 Black Men brutally murdered: The New York City Draft Riots
On July 13, 1863, anti-draft violence erupted in New York City, resulting in four days of bloodshed, arson, looting, and mayhem. The New York City...
The Black Witches Of Salem
Three captive women were among the approximately 155 people accused of witchcraft in the infamous Salem witch trials of 1692. Two women were identified in...
Medgar Evers: Mississippi Civil Rights Activist
Medgar Wiley Evers was a Black civil rights activist murdered in 1963 in Jackson, Mississippi for his efforts to overturn segregation at the University of...
Will and William West: The doppelgängers that sparked the beginning of fingerprinting in the USA
Will and William West were doppelgangers who shared the same name and were both sentenced to jail at Leavenworth Penitentiary in Kansas. Their remarkable case...
Oscar Marion
[dropcap size=small]O[/dropcap]scar Marion was an enslaved African-American and Revolutionary War militiaman. Oscar Marion was the personal servant of General Francis Marion (1732–1795). The general was...
Walter Moses Burton: The first Black elected sheriff in the United States
Walter Moses Burton holds the distinction of being the first Black elected sheriff in the United States. Burton was also a State Senator in Texas....
New York Maafa Uprising of 1712
In the firelit streets, captive Africans move as one—armed, resolute, and unbowed—turning a city built on their bondage into a battlefield for freedom....