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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.
QUOTE: “THE TRUE FOCUS OF REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE IS NEVER MERELY THE SITUATIONS THAT WE SEEK TO ESCAPE, BUT THAT PIECE OF THE OPRESSOR WHICH IS PLANTED DEEP WITHIN US”. -AUDRE LORDE
Reading time: 1 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!!Art Student Hangs Segregation Signs On Campus As A Form Of Artistic Expression
Reading time: 1 minutesA University of Buffalo art student hangs segregation signs on campus as a form of artistic expression. Reviews were mixed!…
Mass Incarceration Visualized
Reading time: 1 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!! http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/404890/prison-inherited-trait/ Check out this short video features by "The Atlantic" Sociologist, Bruce Western explains what he…
James Zwerg-Freedom Rider: “……..Got so much notoriety because I was white”
Reading time: 4 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!! James Zwerg was born in Appleton, Wisconsin in 1939 and attended Beloit College. He developed an…
1st Black Pro Basketball Team: The New York Renaissance
Reading time: 1 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!! The New York Renaissance, an all black professional basketball team was established on February 23, 1923…
Civil War Trivia Quiz: Answers
Reading time: 2 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!! Civil War Trivia Quiz - Answers 1)True or False: Abraham Lincoln was an abolitionist FALSE Lincoln…
Test Your Knowledge: Civil War Trivia Quiz
Reading time: 1 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!! Test your knowledge about the Civil War by answering the 4 true and false questions listed…
Civil War Slave Compensation Paid Out By The US Government
Reading time: 1 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!! Many people are aware that some well known insurance companies; some of which are still in…
Sara Jane Woodson Early: 1st African American Female College Professor
Reading time: 1 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!! Sarah Jane Early Woodson (1825 – 1907) was the first African American woman to be a…
Rare Picture of The Sphinx
Reading time: 1 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!! Rare picture of the Sphinx before the noses were severed off!
Martin Luther King, Jr. Quote
Reading time: 1 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!! Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciousness stupidity. -Dr. Martin Luther…