Year: 2022
How Edmonia Lewis Changed The Art World Forever
By Sarah January/June 11, 2022 Over the centuries the art world has seen many iconic sculptors. From Michelangelo to Picasso, Donatello to Rodin, these artists [more…]
Never forget that early vaccines came from testing on enslaved people
By Jim DownsJune 19, 2022 n response to the growing spread of monkeypox, public health leaders are for the first time since the 1970s opening [more…]
How Emmett Till’s murder inspired Rod Serling to create the original ‘Twilight Zone’ series
Frustrated by censors, Serling went a different route, with great success. Annie Reneau The original “Twilight Zone” series was unlike anything anyone had ever seen [more…]
Slavery Didn’t End On Juneteenth. What You Should Know About This Important Day
June 17, 20216:00 AM ET Sharon Pruitt-Young It goes by many names. Whether you call it Emancipation Day, Freedom Day or the country’s second Independence [more…]
Joseph H. Rainey 1832–1887
Joseph Rainey was sworn in on December 12, 1870—first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Born enslaved, Joseph Rainey was the [more…]
The Overlooked Black History of Memorial Day
Nowadays, Memorial Day honors veterans of all wars, but its roots are in America’s deadliest conflict, the Civil War. Approximately 620,000 soldiers died, about two-thirds from disease. The work [more…]
Siren of the Resistance: The Artistry and Espionage of Josephine Baker
Iconic entertainer of the Jazz Age, famous for her risqué performances, Josephine Baker responded to the start of World War II by becoming a spy [more…]
Charity Adams Earley
1918-2002 Commanding officer of the first unit of WAC African Americans to go overseas. Her unit was the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. By Dr. Kelly [more…]
The True Story Of Cathay Williams, The First Black Woman To Join The U.S. Army
By Genevieve Carlton | Checked By Jaclyn AnglisPublished September 28, 2021 At the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, over 400 women disguised themselves in order to [more…]
Breakfast with the Panthers
It wasn’t all young men and guns: the Black Panther Party’s programs fed more hungry kids than the state of California Suzanne Cope is a [more…]