The Tulsa race massacre has been considered to be one of the most violent incidents of racial violence and injustice in the United States. On the morning of May 30, 1921, a 19-year-old shoe shiner, Dick Rowland, tripped while exiting an elevator
After the civil war ended in 1865, more lives had been lost than in any other conflict in US history. Formerly enslaved African Americans and some African American freemen, on May 1, 1865, in Charleston, SC, gathered to pay their respects to
Harriet Tubman, born Araminta Ross in March 1822, was an African American abolitionist and activist. She was born into slavery in Maryland, where she was mistreated as a child. She had a traumatic head injury when she was a child from an
Nat Turner’s slave revolt. Considered to be one of America’s most successful slave revolts because of the conversations it forced enslavers and America to have, the Nat Turner slave revolt took place in August 1831 in South Hampton County, Virginia, and it
Denmark Vesey’s rebellion of 1822 was very similar to the Gabriel Prosser rebellion of 1800 in the fact that his plan was exposed by two slaves, and it never happened. Denmark Vesey was born in 1767. He was born into slavery but
The tales of colonial resistance are packed with stories of men who led bravely. We read of leaders like Jaja of opobo and Jomo Kenyatta, and the few tales of women like Moremi who fought for the freedom of her people are
This is the final week and final part of our biweekly series that focuses on black men who changed the world with their inventions. Granville woods Holding over 50 patents in the USA, Granville T Woods was a prominent inventor and electrical
Gabriel Prosser Rebellion This revolt, although not executed, was notable for the scale of violence and chaos that could have occurred if it had taken place. Gabriel, born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1776, planned what would have been one of the most
The tales of colonial resistance are packed with stories of men who led and represented bravely. We read of leaders like Jaja of opobo, Jomo Kenyatta and the few tales of women like Moremi who fought for the freedom of her people
This is the final week and final part of our biweekly series that focuses on black women who influenced the world with their inventions. Marian Croak While little is known about Marian Croak’s early life, she talks a lot about her father
The tales of colonial resistance are packed with stories of men who led bravely. We read of leaders like Jaja of opobo, Jomo Kenyatta and the few tales of women like Moremi who fought for the freedom of her people are just
This is the final week and first part of our biweekly series that focuses on black women who changed the world with their inventions Margaret knight Margaret Eloise Knight, also known as the female Edison, was born on February 14, 1838, in
The Beothuk people have never had a significant population; in fact, they were estimated to be around 800-1000, all of whom are dead. Their contact with John Cabot in 1497 started the eventual extinction that was to follow for the next 350
This is the third week of our biweekly series that focuses on black men who changed the world with their inventions. Percy lavon Julian The pioneer of the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants set a foundation for the steroid drug
This is the third week of our May biweekly series that focuses on black men who changed the world with their inventions. Frederick
This is the third week and second part of our May biweekly series that focuses on black women who changed the world with their inventions. Alice Ball Alice Augusta Ball was born on July 24, 1892, in Seattle, Washington. Her father, a