Year: 2022
LBJ: ‘If You Can Convince the Lowest White Man He’s Better Than the Best Colored Man …’
President Lyndon Baines Johnson, who grew up in the South and understood the politics of racism from the inside, saw it in part as a [more…]
The Remarkable Legacy Of Jane Bolin, The First Black Female Judge In The United States
By Genevieve Carlton | Checked By John Kuroski Published May 14, 2021 Updated July 26, 2021 On July 22, 1939, Jane Bolin was sworn in as a judge [more…]
Louis Southworth, slave who bought his freedom and homesteaded near Oregon coast, chosen as namesake of new park
Updated: Sep. 07, 2021, 9:32 a.m. | Published: Aug. 29, 2021, 7:47 a.m. By Cheri Brubaker | Yachats News Louis Southworth, who traveled the Oregon [more…]
The Trailblazing Black Entrepreneurs Who Shaped a 19th-Century California Boomtown
Though founded by Confederates, Julian became a place of opportunity for people of color—and a model for what the U.S. could look like after the [more…]
Meet Garrett Morgan, The Black Inventor Who Saved Lives With His Creations
By Genevieve Carlton | Checked By Erik Hawkins Published November 9, 2021 / Updated November 10, 2021 Garrett Augustus Morgan didn’t get his due until after his death [more…]
9 Unsung Civil Rights Leaders That You Didn’t Learn About In School
By Kaleena Fraga | Checked By Leah Silverman Published November 3, 2021 Despite their immense contributions to the civil rights movement, these activists were largely [more…]
The Story of Beverly L. Greene, the First Black Woman to Become a Licensed Architect in the U.S.
By CHARLOTTE BEACH MARCH 22, 2022 In your American history and social studies classes growing up, you likely weren’t taught about Beverly L. Greene. Despite [more…]
The Woman Whose Tireless Efforts Helped Launch The Famed Tuskegee Airmen
By Monica Danielle March 31 , 2022 Mary McLeod Bethune’s friendship with first lady Eleanor Roosevelt led to the desegregation of pilot training programs. The [more…]
Seneca Village: Black history in Central Park
by Cyril Josh Barker January 31, 2019 Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States, receiving approximately 37.5 million visitors annually. However, [more…]
THE BACK STORY: HOW THE BROWN PAPER BAG CARRIED “THE COLOR COMPLEX” FROM SLAVERY FORWARD
POSTED BY BLACKTHEN – APRIL 29, 2021 An actual test, along with the so-called ruler test in common use in the the early 1900s among [more…]