There’s something unsurprising about 19th century and early 20th century boxers who pass away or spend their final days in bars. Bill Richmond could be said to be one such pugilist. Born August 1763 in Staten Island, New York, he spent his early years as a slave in Richmondtown before arriving in England in 1777. Once there, he was educated--p...
John Henderson gets a posthumous honor.
BY WALTER OPINDE Six decades after the abolition of slavery in the United States, African-Americans were still battling for their rights and freedom. The only way they could do this was through the formation of revolutionary groups, associations, and movements. Therefore, Harlem Renaissance was one of such avenues formed during the 1920s. ...
4 Top facts to know about Julia Britton Hooks She was the first African American to teach white students at Berea College She was known as the
#Samuel Younge Jr., was a student at Tuskegee Institute. He was the first #black college student to be killed as a result of his involvement in the American Civil Rights Movement. Younge death was a violent death in 1966; his crime was trying to use a whites-only restroom. Younge was born on November 17, 1944 to middle-class parents Samuel and ...
Janie Porter Barrett was a social reformer as an American social reformer, educator, and welfare worker. She established the Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls, a pioneering rehabilitation center for African-American female delinquents. She was also the founder of the Virginia State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. Barrett was ...
Medgar Evers wept when Clyde Kennard was sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. Clyde Kennard's story is sad, instructional, and ultimately uplifting
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Roy and Burton (2007) indicated that some Black single mothers in their sample desired traditional, mainstream gender roles for their ideal families, despite the reality that their male partners we…
Wallace Rayfield was a pioneer in the feld of architecture. The Macon, Georgia native was born in May 1872 and received his early education there. Following his mother’s death, Rayfield moved to Washington, DC, where he secured a position as an apprentice with a prominent architectural firm while also attending Howard University. To pursue his
Biography of Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1959), American novelist, essayist, and ethnographer best best known for Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937).
From a slave to a congressman, Robert Smalls is a true American hero and Southern Gentlemen. Check out these Robert Smalls Biographies.
George was born into slavery in the winter of 1806 in Caswell, North Carolina to Kizzy and her master, Tom Lea, who named him "George" after his first slave, George. He was conceived when his mother was repeatedly raped by her new master after her arrival on the Lea Plantation from Virginia. Even though her son was born because of rape, Kizzy still loved and raised George. At age 12, Lea moved George out of his mother's cabin to live at the gamecock pen where Uncle Mingo lives and trains fightin
Dr. George Franklin Grant was the first African American professor at Harvard. He was born in Oswego, New York to former slaves. When he was fifteen years old a local dentist, Dr. Albert Smith, hired him as an errand boy. He soon became a lab … Read MoreGeorge Franklin Grant (1847-1910)
We have to start standing together.
Kaepernick, who became the key figure in NFL player protests, received the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from the Hutchins Center for African and African Ameri...
Wallace Rayfield was a pioneer in the feld of architecture. The Macon, Georgia native was born in May 1872 and received his early education there. Following his mother’s death, Rayfield moved to Washington, DC, where he secured a position as an apprentice with a prominent architectural firm while also attending Howard University. To pursue his
On September 16, 1928, a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 miles per hour tore through Palm Beach county Florida. The storm was the second deadliest tropical cyclone in the history of the United States; only six tropical cyclones developed during the season. The greatest hit areas were small farming communities. The hurricane destroyed a ...
Roy and Burton (2007) indicated that some Black single mothers in their sample desired traditional, mainstream gender roles for their ideal families, despite the reality that their male partners we…
It's all well and good to read a lot of books. You flip those pages every night before bed, at every bus stop, and on every lunch break. You watch your bookshelf pile up with tomes you've torn through in record time. But what good is all that effort if you don't remember what you read?
9 Shares LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Email More How do you read a book? Do you dive in working your way from beginning to end? Or do you have a more systematic approach. Diving in and working your way from beginning to end is a technique for when you are reading fiction. Not so though for …
Wallace Rayfield was a pioneer in the feld of architecture. The Macon, Georgia native was born in May 1872 and received his early education there. Following his mother’s death, Rayfield moved to Washington, DC, where he secured a position as an apprentice with a prominent architectural firm while also attending Howard University. To pursue his
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Biography of Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1959), American novelist, essayist, and ethnographer best best known for Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937).
From a slave to a congressman, Robert Smalls is a true American hero and Southern Gentlemen. Check out these Robert Smalls Biographies.
George was born into slavery in the winter of 1806 in Caswell, North Carolina to Kizzy and her master, Tom Lea, who named him "George" after his first slave, George. He was conceived when his mother was repeatedly raped by her new master after her arrival on the Lea Plantation from Virginia. Even though her son was born because of rape, Kizzy still loved and raised George. At age 12, Lea moved George out of his mother's cabin to live at the gamecock pen where Uncle Mingo lives and trains fightin
Dr. George Franklin Grant was the first African American professor at Harvard. He was born in Oswego, New York to former slaves. When he was fifteen years old a local dentist, Dr. Albert Smith, hired him as an errand boy. He soon became a lab … Read MoreGeorge Franklin Grant (1847-1910)
We have to start standing together.
Nella Larsen was an African-American novelist who wrote several pieces during the Harlem Renaissance. Larsen's work was recognized as being of great quality by her peers and critics. She went by several different names throughout her life, including Nellie Walker, Nellye Larson, Nellie Larsen and, finally, Nella Larsen as well as by her married ...
