In 2019, researchers were able to properly authenticate the last known slave ship to enter the United States illegally. That ship, The Clotida, was fo...

The lynching of Emmett Till in 1955 became a pivotal point for race relations in the United States. Instead of sitting by silently, his mother, Mamie ...

Well before formal legislation was passed, promising freed slaves certain land rights, Black farmers traveled west, exploring, and developing heavily ...

The 15th Amendment was a monumental piece of legislation that gave Black men the right to vote. As a result of it, over 2,000 African-American men wou...

Black soldiers have been an instrumental part of the armed forces since the Civil War. They put their lives on their line for their country and entere...

Transitioning from job to job as a teenager, Oscar Micheaux was able to write a story that was inspired by his experience on a farm. The novel, entitl...

At the turn of the twentieth century, W. E. B. Du Bois curated an exhibit at the Paris Exposition in France entitled “The Exhibit of American Negroes....

The landmark case Brown v. Board of Education declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. However, for most black and whi...

With the formal ending of slavery in place, many freed black people saw this as an opportunity to start anew. But, for those in the south, things didn...

The Underground Railroad for many of us symbolizes the journey African slaves went on in the name of freedom. But, contrary to popular belief, the fir...