by Mildred Europa Taylor, Face2FaceAfrica.com
Although it is not the day slavery legally ended, Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration honoring the end of slavery in the United States.
In fact,...
by Mildred Europa Taylor, Face2FaceAfrica.com
The Transatlantic slave trade occurred during the 16th through the 19th centuries, causing the displacement of millions of Africans. The psychological, emotional,...
Born: Aug. 26, 1918Died: Feb. 24, 2020Hometown: White Sulphur Springs, WVEducation: B.S., Mathematics and French, West Virginia State College, 1937Hired by NACA: June 1953Retired from...
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13...
2015 Inductee
Daisy Gatson Bates (1914-1999). Born in Huttig, Arkansas. She married journalist Lucious Christopher Bates and they operated a weekly African-American newspaper, the Arkansas...
By Larry SchwartzSpecial to ESPN.com
Before Althea Gibson could play -- much less win -- major tennis tournaments, another opponent had to be defeated. But...
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With her appointment to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on January 25, 1966, Constance Baker Motley (1921–2005;...
