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;...
by Nick Douglas, Face2FaceAfrica.com
Richard Allan and Johnathan Walker's branded hand. Photos: Southworth and Hawes/Daniel Payne
American history has often been written with a focus on the...
