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Harry S. McAlpin: First African-American Journalist To Receive White House Press Credentials
Reading time: 3 minutesIn 1944, Harry S. McAlpin became the first African American journalist to receive White House press credentials. Click the link…
Benjamin Thornton: Invented Telephone Message Recorder
Reading time: 1 minutesBenjamin Thornton: Invented Telephone Message Recorder. Click the link to learn more!
Dunbar Hospital: Detroit’s First Hospital for African-Americans
Reading time: 2 minutesFounded in 1918, Dunbar Hospital was founded in Detroit, MI. It was the first community hospital for African-Americans in the…Octavia Butler Quote
Reading time: 1 minutesA powerful quote from the pen Octavia Butler!
Scientific Racism: The Drapetomania Diagnosis
Reading time: 2 minutesDr. Samuel Cartwright hypothesized that enslaved Black people who wanted to be free were "ill" with a disease he identified…
The Deleted Passage Of The Declaration of Independence That Denounced Slavery
Reading time: 2 minutesIn developing the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson initially included a passage that challenged the inhumanity of slavery. Needless to…
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cesar Chavez: Champions For Justice
Reading time: 2 minutesDr. King and Cesar Chavez are hailed as giants in the struggle for equity for marginalized groups. Click the link…
Harriet Tubman’s Letter of Endorsement From Frederick Douglass
Reading time: 3 minutesTo support the sale of an 1868 book about her life, Harriet Tubman asked Frederick Douglass to write an endorsement…
Smith v. Allwright: Landmark Voting Rights Supreme Court Case Litigated By Thurgood Marshall
Reading time: 4 minutesThe Smith v. Allwright Supreme Court Case litigated by Thurgood Marshall was a pivotal victory in the fight for voting rights. …
Anita Scott Coleman: Harlem Renaissance Author & Poet
Reading time: 4 minutesAnita Scott Coleman is a hidden jewel of the Harlem Renaissance. Click the link to learn more.
Honoring “La Majestad Negra”: Sylvia del Villard, Afro-Puerto Rican Actress, Singer, Dancer, Orator, And Activist
Reading time: 4 minutesDancer, singer, orator, and activist, Sylvia del Villard was a champion and advocate of Afro-Puerto Rican culture. Click the link…