The woman we know as Aunt Jemima is in fact a real person, but her real name was actu…
In 1903, Maggie Lena Walker founded St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, Virgin…
The story of Alexander Lucius Twilight is an amazing one. When he graduated from fr…
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Frank Wills was an African American private security guard who was on-duty during t…
In the mid-1800's, Jeremiah G. Hamilton was a well-known African American figur…
Originally established in 1870, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School located in Washingto…