Cabrini-Green
Background and Summary
Cabrini-Green is a Chicago Housing Authority public housing development on Chicago's North Side. It’s bordered by Evergreen Avenue, Sedgwick Street, Division Street and Larrabee Street. At its peak, Cabrin...
Posted Wednesday, January 23rd 2008 at 9:33AM
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Fort Negro (Fort Gadsden)
Background and Summary
Fort Gadsden is located in Franklin County, Fla., on the Apalachicola River. The site contains the ruins of two forts, and has been known by several other names at various times, including Prospect B...
Posted Tuesday, January 22nd 2008 at 3:53PM
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Background and Summary
Harpers Ferry is an historic town in Jefferson County, W.Va. It is situated at the very place that the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers meet, where the states of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia ...
Posted Thursday, February 28th 2008 at 5:04PM
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On February 12, 1865, Henry Highland Garnet was the first black person to speak to the U.S. House of Representatives. The Henry Highland Garnet Park was named after the famous Baltimore native Presbyterian preacher and lecturer. ...
Posted Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:25PM
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Jasper, Texas
Background and Summary
Jasper is a city in Jasper County, Texas, on the U.S. Highways 96 and 190, State Highway 63 and Sandy Creek. It is the place of an infamous hate crime: the brutal murder of a Black man named James Byrd. The popu...
Posted Wednesday, January 23rd 2008 at 3:22PM
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Jena, Louisiana
Background and Summary
The town of Jena (pronunciation: jen-NAH) is the seat of La Salle Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Its population was 2,971 at the 2000 census.
In September of 2007, Jena plunged into the national hea...
Posted Wednesday, January 23rd 2008 at 2:02PM
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Established in 1888, Saint Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church stood as the first church in the world dedicated to Saint Peter Claver, the apostle for the slaves. The church still stands at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and North Freemont. The old...
Posted Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:27PM
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Apollo Theater
Background and Summary
The Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City is one of the most famous theaters for popular music in the United States, and arguably the most famous club associated almost exclusively with Black performers.
Apo...
Posted Wednesday, January 23rd 2008 at 12:29PM
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Underground Railroad
Background and Summary
The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses that 19th century Black slaves in the United States used to escape to free states (or even as far north as Canada) with th...
Posted Friday, January 25th 2008 at 12:29PM
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Watts, (Los Angeles) California
Background and Summary
Watts is a residential district in southern Los Angeles county, in California. It is considered part of south Los Angeles. A definitive story of this historic community is The City of Watts, Ca...
Posted Thursday, March 6th 2008 at 2:48PM
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