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Black History

How Black Panthers Fed Their Communities—for Free

Go back in time with us to 1971, the year that changed the way we eat forever. When Black Panther Party member Ericka Huggins left...

Edward Alexander Bouchet: The First African American to Earn a PhD from an American University

Portrait of Edward Alexander Bouchet, Yale College class of 1874, the first African-American to graduate from Yale College - Yale University Manuscripts & Archives...

Cinque (Sengbe-Pieh)

Sengbe Pieh (also referred to as Joseph Cinqué) was illegally kidnapped in 1839 from his homeland in Sierra Leone West Africa and transported by...

Amistad Memorial (New Haven)

The Amistad Memorial in New Haven, Connecticut, is a bronze sculpture created by Ed Hamilton to recognize the events of the 1839 Amistad Affair....

‘White Men’s Roads Through Black Men’s Homes’: Advancing Racial Equity Through Highway Reconstruction

Racial and economic segregation in urban communities is often understood as a natural consequence of poor choices by individuals. In reality, racially and economically...

Black Inventors Who Made the Stuff Around Us

at New Haven Museum New Haven, Conn. (January 30, 2026) – The movie “Hidden Figures” has shown there are many aspects of history that remain unknown. Dr....

The R&B Singer Who Recorded the Greatest Country Album You’ve Never Heard

The First Lady of Black country is from Houston, but her name isn’t Beyoncé. It’s Esther Phillips. By Michael Hall The Quonset Hut studio, on Nashville’s...

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

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

The Rev. John Gloucester, founder of first Black Presbyterian Church in U.S.

by Herb Boyd Elizabeth Gloucester’s prominence, as putatively the richest Black woman in America during her lifetime, gave additional exposure to her husband and his...

Sybil Haydel Morial, matriarch of a distinguished family and civil rights crusader

by Herb Boyd All too often patriarchs and matriarchs are mentioned only when a notable family member passes. Such is the case with Sybil Haydel...
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