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How Black Slaves Were Sold as “Specimens” for Medical Experimentation

How Black Slaves Were Sold as “Specimens” for Medical Experimentation

March 5, 2023March 5, 2023

Slave bodies were a readily available medical commodity. The slave owner and the doctor conspired to to traffic these bodies for medical experiments. By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza. January 8th, 2020 Slavery…

JB Stradford: The Black Hotel Owner Deemed The Bezos Of Black Wall Street

JB Stradford: The Black Hotel Owner Deemed The Bezos Of Black Wall Street

February 5, 2023February 5, 2023

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, and esteemed business owners were…

Black WWII soldiers asked a white woman for doughnuts and were shot

Black WWII soldiers asked a white woman for doughnuts and were shot

January 22, 2023January 22, 2023

By JUSTIN WM. MOYERTHE WASHINGTON POST • January 15, 2023 About two weeks after the end of World War II in Europe, French women were serving U.S. soldiers coffee and doughnuts in a…

The Colfax Massacre: Remembering the 1873 Massacre of African Americans in Louisiana by White Supremacists

The Colfax Massacre: Remembering the 1873 Massacre of African Americans in Louisiana by White Supremacists

January 15, 2023January 15, 2023

The Colfax massacre was a violent event that took place on April 13, 1873, in Colfax, Louisiana, in which a white mob killed an estimated 150 – 300 African Americans.…

Remembering the Rosewood Massacre

Remembering the Rosewood Massacre

January 1, 2023January 1, 2023

On January 1, 1923, Rosewood, Florida, was a thriving town of mostly African American residents. Seven days later, it was gone, burned to the ground by a white mob. By: Edward…

This Week In Black History October 26 – November 1, 2022

This Week In Black History October 26 – November 1, 2022

October 30, 2022October 30, 2022

Courier Newsroom October 27, 2022 October 26 1749—The British parliament legalizes slavery in the American colony, which would become known as Georgia. 1806—Benjamin Banneker dies at 74. He had become a recognized…

Here’s What Happened the Night Mulugeta Seraw Was Murdered—and Afterward

Here’s What Happened the Night Mulugeta Seraw Was Murdered—and Afterward

October 2, 2022October 2, 2022

In the wee hours of a Sunday morning in November 1988, the city’s self-image as a tolerant place was shattered. By Elise Herron October 31, 2018 at 8:08 am PDT Many…

How Emmett Till’s murder inspired Rod Serling to create the original ‘Twilight Zone’ series

How Emmett Till’s murder inspired Rod Serling to create the original ‘Twilight Zone’ series

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022

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 on television. Airing from 1959…

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…

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