Civil Rights
Daisy Bates Launched One of the First Black Newspapers and Helped Desegregate Schools
Daisy Bates was a natural-born leader, known commonly as a heroine of the civil righ…
Education & Politics
More Than 40,000 Black Soldiers Were Killed in the Civil War
Due to the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Black men were allowed to serve…
Education & Politics
Cathay Williams, the First Black Female in the U.S. Military, Pretended to Be a Man
In 1866, the U.S. military unknowingly enlisted their first Black female soldier dur…
History & Exploration
The Slave Who Cleverly Stole a Confederate Ship and Freed Himself With 15 Others
Robert Smalls was born as a slave in 1839, but later became a free man after he clev…
Education & Politics
MLK Was 15-Years Old When He Finished High School, and 19 When He Graduated College
Dr. Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and had already graduated from …
Education & Politics
The FBI Tried to Destroy Martin Luther King, Jr
Through Martin Luther King Jr.’s struggle to liberate people of color from discrimin…
Geography
Yes, There Were Black Slaves in Mexico and One of Them Changed History
Gaspar Yanga, or Nyanga, was a Prince in the country of Gabon that was later capture…
Geography
The History of Black British People in London
Many will be surprised to learn that Black people make up 13.2 percent of the popula…
Education & Politics
Meet the First Black Federal Judge in the United States
William Hastie was the first African American to become a federal judge. He was appo…
Criminal Justice
What Sparked the L.A. Riots? A 15-Year Old Black Girl Was Killed For "Stealing" Orange Juice
On the morning of March 16, 1991, 15-year old Latasha Harlins was killed by the own…
Civil Rights
This Toothpaste Brand Owned By Colgate Has a Very Racist History
Colgate owns a toothpaste brand called Darlie, which once had a logo that featured …
Health & Science
Here's How Albert Einstein Responded to Racism
Albert Einstein, often considered to be a genius and the most influential physicist…
Criminal Justice
10 Years Ago, Detroit Police Shot and Killed This 7-Year Old Girl While She Was Sleeping
In May 2010, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, a 7-year old girl from Detroit, was shot in the …
Criminal Justice
Miami Police Once Shot an Unarmed Black Man Who Had His Hands Up
In July 2016, 47-year old Charles Kinsey, an African American behavioral therapist …
Public Service
First Black Woman Judge to Serve on Washington's Supreme Court
In April 2020, Judge G. Helen Whitener became the first African American woman to be …
Writing & Publishing
Meet the First Black Woman to Cover the White House
Alice Allison Dunnigan had a natural talent for writing, and nothing prevented her fr…
Civil Rights
Malcolm X Murder Case Re-Investigated By DA's Office After Netflix Documentary Reveals New Evidence
Thanks to the findings of a powerful Netflix documentary, the Manhattan District At…
Civil Rights
Who Was Jim Crow? Was He a Real Person?
The name Jim Crow is used to refer to a set of local and state laws that once advoc…
History & Exploration
Did Black Bounty Hunters and Slave Catchers Really Exist?
In the film Harriet about the heroic life and accomplishment of Harriet Tubman, th…
Civil Rights
Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Arrested 29 Times For These So-Called Crimes
Everybody knows who Martin Luther King, Jr. is, and what he did as a civil rights h…
