Month: February 2023
Why Ed Sullivan Matters to Black History
Because he was such an icon, he was able to have Black artists on TV when they were often not welcomed nor wanted elsewhere. Published [more…]
Many Black Americans helped pave the way in transportation
FreightWaves celebrates some of the most influential African Americans in transportation industry history Brielle Jaekel · Friday, February 24, 2023 The most notable African American [more…]
How The All-Black 54th Massachusetts Regiment Changed History During The Civil War
By Kaleena Fraga | Edited By Jaclyn Anglis Published February 7, 2023 Updated February 10, 2023 Immortalized in the 1989 movie Glory, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was [more…]
Remembering Bayard Rustin, Civil Rights Leader and Gay Activist
By: Jerald Podair | Feb 1, 2023 As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me [more…]
JB Stradford: The Black Hotel Owner Deemed The Bezos Of Black Wall Street
DeAnna Taylor • Jun 1, 2021 May 31, 2021, officially marked 100 years since the massacre that took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Thousands of Black men, women, children, [more…]