February 21, 2022The Dahomeyan and Ashanti women were all female African military units. Their strength and bravery are legendary. Click the link…
January 20, 2022Thomas Jennings was the father of modern day dry cleaning and the first African American in the United States to…
May 30, 2020Black History: Special Delivery!! In 1962 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was visiting Terrell County, Georgia to speak at Mt.…
February 29, 2020In 1865, General George Sherman gave orders that lands confiscated from confederate landowners during the civil war be re-assigned to…
February 18, 2020Benjamin Thornton: Invented Telephone Message Recorder. Click the link to learn more!
February 14, 2020Dr. Samuel Cartwright hypothesized that enslaved Black people who wanted to be free were "ill" with a disease he identified…
February 3, 2020Marie Van Brittan-Brown is an African American inventor who designed and patented a home security system in 1966. Her pioneering…
December 30, 2018Celebration of “Watch Night” worship services dates back to the 1700’s. It took on new meaning for African Americans on…- February 9, 2018MLK first shared his historic, "I Have A Dream Speech" in Detroit, MI in 1963. Click the link to learn…
February 6, 2018Robert Smalls and his crew made a daring escape to freedom in the presence of the confederate army. Click the…
Celebrating 10 Years Of Black History: Special Delivery!
