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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.
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…Tuesday Trivia: Answer
Reading time: 1 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!! Which fact about African American Abolitionist Frederick Douglass is NOT true? He was a US Marshal His…
Tuesday Trivia: Test Your Knowledge
Reading time: 1 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!! Which fact about African American Abolitionist Frederick Douglass is NOT true? He was a US Marshal His…
Guess Who?
Reading time: 1 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!! Which civil rights activist is featured with her husband in this photo?
The Medical & Surgical Observer: The First Medical Journal Focused on African American Health Care
Reading time: 2 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!! On December 1, 1892, Dr. Miles V. Lynk (1851-1957) founded the first national medical journal for…