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 being the first African American…
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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 names of many women who…
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, what many visitors don’t know…
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 upper class #Black American societies…
Meet Dr. Gladys West, the hidden figure behind your phone’s GPS
Lauren Mackenzie Reynolds Neuroscience Gladys West is one of the reasons why you can receive driving directions from your phone or tag a photo location on Instagram McGill University /…
How the Remarkable Life of Josephine Baker Is Still Inspiring Others to This Day
A controversial performer, a civil rights icon, a war spy, a sex symbol and a devoted mother: these are just some of the lenses through which one could view Josephine…
Oregon’s Klan in the 1920’s: The rise of hate
What took place a century ago in the state of Oregon draws a direct parallel to what is taking place today.
Meet Valerie Thomas, the inventor and scientist who launched the longest-running satellite program imaging Earth’s surface
Hanusia Higgins Forest Ecology and Invasive Species University of Vermont September 16, 2021 Valerie Thomas retired from NASA in 1995 after three decades of work, and she left with a legacy as a trailblazing…
Then Again: The Dred Scott decision tore the country apart
By Mark Bushnell Oct 24 2021 The decision was just what the country didn’t need. America was already torn by sectional conflict when in 1857 the U.S. Supreme Court issued its…
6888TH CENTRAL POSTAL DIRECTORY BATTALION (1945–1946
AUGUST 31, 2016 CONTRIBUTED BY: SAMUEL MOMODU The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was an all-black battalion of the Woman’s Army Corps (WAC). The 6888th had 855 enlisted African American…