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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.

  • Ignorance and Power: James Baldwin’s Warning

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    In this quote, writer James Baldwin warns that when ignorance joins power, justice faces its most dangerous and destructive enemy.
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  • Picture left to right of Babs Wingo, Marva Scott, and Ethel Johnson

    The Wingo Sisters: Pioneers of Women’s Wrestling

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    Meet the Wingo sisters! African-American trailblazers of women's professional wrestling. Check out these unsung heroes!
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  • Picture of Congressman John Lewis

    John Lewis: 5 Things You May Not Know

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    Explore five lesser-known facts about John Lewis, from his upbringing to lifelong activism, and his legacy of getting into “good…
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  • Picture of Mary Hamilton

    Miss Mary Hamilton: Put Some Respect On Her Name

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    Mary Hamilton demanded some respect be put on her name. She refused to be disrespected in court and won a…
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  • Picture of John W. Bubbles

    How John W. Bubbles Gave Tap a New Rhythm

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    John W. Bubbles reshaped tap dancing with the creation of rhythm tap, influencing generations of dancers.
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  • Leymah Gbowee with a white tshirt on and a line of black women in white tshirts behind her.

    United for Peace: How Leymah Gbowee and the Women of Liberia Helped End Liberia’s Civil War

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    In 2003, Leymah Gbowee and Liberian women surrounded peace talks, staged protests, and demanded change until their nation’s civil war…
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  • Picture of Rev. Jesse Jackson acknowledging his death on 2/17.26

    “I Am Somebody”: Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson (1941–2026)

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    Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84, leaving a powerful civil rights legacy shaped by activism, politics, controversy, and complexity.
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  • Picture depicting people of various races marching holding a sign that says NAACP, NUL, SCLC, SNCC and CORE with, "We Shall Overcome" on te bottom.

    The Big Five: Architects Of The Civil Rights Movement

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    Five organizations emerged as leading champions in the fight to end discrimination during the Civil Rights Movement. While many other…
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  • Pic of Hazel M Johnson with inscription, "Hazel M. Johnson Mother of Environmental Justice"

    Hazel M. Johnson: The Mother of Environmental Justice

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    Hazel M. Johnson helped shape the national environmental justice movement by organizing against pollution in Black communities and founding People…
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  • Picture with "Reflection On Love From Black And Artists and Activists" Black and White Background with red heart in lower right corner

    Reflections On Love From Black Authors and Activists

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    Happy Valentine's Day! Let's reflect on some love quotes from Black Authors and activists. Here from Maya Angelou, James Baldwin,…
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  • Picture of author Octavia Butler featured with a quote her book, Pattern Master. Quote says, A long leash is still a leash."

    A Long Way From Liberation

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    Octavia Butler reminds us that freedom extended is not freedom secured. True liberation is not softened control, but structural change…
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