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The Woman Whose Tireless Efforts Helped Launch The Famed Tuskegee Airmen

The Woman Whose Tireless Efforts Helped Launch The Famed Tuskegee Airmen

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022

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…

Elizabeth Eckford made history at age 15. Here’s the full story behind the iconic photo.

Elizabeth Eckford made history at age 15. Here’s the full story behind the iconic photo.

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022

By Annie Reneau 02.05.22 On September 4, 1957, nine students arrived at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas for their first day of school. They were bright students, chosen…

Inside The Little-Known History Of America’s Sundown Towns — Which Banned Black People After Dark

Inside The Little-Known History Of America’s Sundown Towns — Which Banned Black People After Dark

March 7, 2022

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | Checked By Jaclyn AnglisPublished September 21, 2021 For much of the 20th century, thousands of all-white American towns forbade Black people from being within the city…

How Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” Shocked Listeners With Its Brutal Confrontation of Racism

How Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” Shocked Listeners With Its Brutal Confrontation of Racism

March 5, 2022March 5, 2022

BY KENNETH PARTRIDGE OCTOBER 6, 2021 According to recent findings by the Equal Justice Initiative, nearly 4000 Black individuals were lynched by white Southerners in the United States between 1877 and 1950. These…

Forgotten Heroine, Ethel Payne: Pioneer of the Black Press

Forgotten Heroine, Ethel Payne: Pioneer of the Black Press

March 5, 2022March 5, 2022

Tammy Gibson, Contributing Writer October 8, 2021 Ethel L. Payne had a front seat in history. Known as the First Lady of the Black Press, Payne’s career as a ground-breaking…

How the Freedman’s Savings Bank Failed Formerly Enslaved Americans

How the Freedman’s Savings Bank Failed Formerly Enslaved Americans

March 3, 2022

By: Dave Roos  |  Feb 15, 2022 During the American Civil War, nearly 180,000 Black Americans fought for the Union, many of them escaped former slaves. They were paid for their service, albeit less than white…

How a 1946 dispute over a broken radio in Tennessee helped spark the civil rights movement

How a 1946 dispute over a broken radio in Tennessee helped spark the civil rights movement

February 25, 2022February 25, 2022

Mike Christen The Daily Herald COLUMBIA, Tenn. – A historical marker recognizing one of the most pivotal moments in Columbia’s history was installed in 2016 on a broken sidewalk in front of an abandoned building,…

Josephine Baker Is The First Black Woman Who Will Be Buried At The Pantheon In Paris

Josephine Baker Is The First Black Woman Who Will Be Buried At The Pantheon In Paris

February 23, 2022March 12, 2022

PARIS — The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer who is a World War II hero…

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