"If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated."
Booker Taliaferro Washington was born into slavery on April 5, 1856, in Hale’s Ford, Virginia, on the Burroughs tobacco plantation. His childhood was marked by poverty and hardship, as he…
June 12th, 1963 — 37-year-old civil rights organizer Medgar Evers was assassinated in the driveway outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi. In the early 1960s Evers served as the first…
William Monroe Trotter was a newspaper editor and a realtor in Boston, Massachusetts. He was famous in black history for strongly advocating for African American Civil Rights and also founded…
John Brown Russwurm was an abolitionist who understood the power of the media. He published the first newspaper in American History owned by blacks and used it as a means…
Amiri Baraka formerly known as LeRoi Jones was a renowned figure in African American History. He was a poet, playwright, and civil rights activist. He wrote in a controversial style…
Fannie Lou Hamer was one of the most dedicated civil rights activists in African American history and is mostly remembered for her unceasing effort to desegregate the Mississippi Democratic Party.…
At a time when slavery defined African Americans and education was reserved for white folks, Mary McLeod Bethune was a pioneer in the education of Black people. McLeod Bethune was…
Prince Hall was a prominent leader, who helped shape African American history. He is particularly remembered as the founding father of the Prince Hall Freemasonry in the United States. His…
Sojourner Truth’s story is one of hope, resilience, and strong resolve for better days. Born as Isabella Baumfree to enslaved parents in 1797, she experienced what it meant to work…
Adam Clayton Powell Jr is hailed for making significant contributions to black history. He was the first African American from New York to serve in Congress, a position he held…