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Constance Baker Motley

About 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;...

Bass Reeves: The Real Lone Ranger Was Black

If you're like me, you remember watching the popular television show, The Lone Ranger, where it depicted a white man who wore a disguise...

The Second Underground Railroad – Middle Passage to Freedom 

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...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

(1915 – 1973) Both a Gospel superstar and a popular Rhythm and Blues singer, Sister Rosetta Tharpe achieved widespread popularity in the 30s and 40s,...

Claudette Colvin Highlights

Biography Major movements and revolutions in history are marked by big events but are always comprised of smaller events which are often overlooked. Claudette Colvin´s...

Benjamin O. Davis Sr.Brigadier General9th Cavalry Regiment

July 1, 1877 -November 26, 1970 African American Soldiers have served in the American military since the Revolutionary War. Many, like Brig. Gen. Benjamin Davis...

Two pioneers of the Civil Rights Movement, Charles Person and Thomas Gaither

For Charles Person and Thomas Gaither, 1961 was an eventful year in their young lives. Person was 18 and became the youngest of the...

James Egert Allen: Harlem’s very own advocate for Black History

by MICHAEL HENRY ADAMS James Egert Allen, Harlem Middle School teacher who guided James Baldwin and worked 50 years to bring Black history to NY...

James Egert Allen: Harlem’s very own advocate for Black History

by MICHAEL HENRY ADAMS James Egert Allen, Harlem Middle School teacher who guided James Baldwin and worked 50 years to bring Black history to NY...

Huey Newton, Black Panther Activist, born

Huey Newton *Huey Newton was born on this date in 1942. He was a Black activist. Huey Percy Newton was from Louisiana and was the youngest...
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