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Launched in 2015, Black Mail is your source for lesser-known black history facts. We celebrate history makers, movements, and moments that have shaped our world.
Equity and Exclusion, Pt. 3: How The Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Act Displaced a Generation of Black Midwives and Birth Workers
Reading time: 3 minutesEquity & Exclusion, Pt. 3: The 1921 Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Act. a law meant to help mothers ended up…
Equity & Exclusion (Pt. 2): 40 Acres And A Mule, Promises Made. Promises Broken.
Reading time: 1 minutesEquity and Exclusion, Part 2: In January 1865, Savannah's Black ministers were asked what freedom actually required. Their answer led…
Equity and Exclusion: 250 Years of Federal Action Shaping Black American Life
Reading time: 1 minutesEquity and Exclusion: an interactive timeline tracing 250 years of federal actions and their impact on Black Americans.
Juneteenth E-Zine
Reading time: 13 minutesThis issue explores Juneteenth not just as a celebration but as a reckoning. This issue also features the Juneteenth Explorer,…
The Juneteenth Explorer
Reading time: 2 minutesCheck out the Juneteenth Explorer, an AI-powered learning tool, an immersive journey into what really happened on June 19, 1865,…
The Reinventions Of Malcolm X
Reading time: 1 minutesOn his 101st birthday (5/19/26), explore the life and legacy of Malcolm X.
Jim Crow 2.0: From the Poll Tax to the SAVE Act
Reading time: 4 minutesWhat in the Jim Crow 2.0 is really going on? Let's talk about Voting Rights and the SAVE Act.
Poetry and Protest: The Life and Legacy of George Moses Horton
Reading time: 3 minutesGeorge Moses Horton was the first Black man to publish a book in the South, which did while enslaved.
The Wiz: From Box Office Flop to Cultural Classic
Reading time: 3 minutesAn iconic cultural classic today, The Wiz overcame early criticism to redefine representation and celebrate Black musical storytelling.
Remembering “The Color Purple”
Reading time: 1 minutesThe Color Purple by Alice Walker was released in 1985. Its themes of survival, faith, sisterhood, justice, and self-discovery still…
Research as Resistance: W.E.B. DuBois and The Philadelphia Negro Study
Reading time: 3 minutesIn 1899, W.E.B. DuBois documented structural inequality, proving Black poverty wasn’t self-inflicted but systemically initiated.