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Remembering Toni Stone, First Woman To Play On Negro Leagues Team
Marcenia Lyle Stone, better known as Toni “Tomboy” Stone, was born on July 17, 1921…
John Lay Thompson: African-American Businessman, Editor, Publisher, And Lawyer
African-American businessman, editor, publisher, and attorney John Lay Thompson also practiced law. Most people know…
Remembering Rose Fortune, The First Female Police Officer In Canada
On March 13, 1774, Rose Fortune was born. In Virginia, she was born into slavery.…
How South Carolina’s Slave Bread Became the Enslaved’s Only Source of Food
Before and during the Civil War, the Europeans in South Carolina mainly relied on female…
St. Maurice: The Black Roman General Killed For Refusing Orders To Persecute Christians
He was killed with his legion for defying the king’s order to hunt down Christians…
Khopesh: What You Need To Know About The Ancient Egyptian Sword
For centuries, swords, knives, and daggers have been the weapons of choice for soldiers all…
How Jewish Ancestry Of The Lemba Of Zimbabwe And SA Makes Them Not Marry Other Inhabitants
The Lemba of Zimbabwe and South Africa are thought to be descended from Jewish men…
Why Blue Beads Are Cast In The Ocean Every Emancipation Day In St. Eurasia, Other Caribbean Islands
When slavery was abolished in the Dutch Antilles on July 1, 1863, one of the…
WGPR Detroit: The First Black-Owned TV And Radio Station
Detroit’s WGPR was the first TV station owned wholly by Blacks in 1975 and in…
Rags to Riches and Back to Rags: The Story of Jesse Binga
Jesse Binga, the tenth child of a barber and serial entrepreneur, was born in Detroit…
Beatrice Borders: The Georgia Midwife Who Helped Deliver 6,000 African American Babies
In the early 1940s, Beatrice Borders, a third-generation African American midwife, converted her home into…
Jeremiah Reeves: 16-Year-Old Death Sentenced Helped Drive Civil Rights Movement
Jeremiah Reeves, 16, was arrested and wrongfully convicted of raping Mabel Ann Crowder on November…
The Art Of Communicating With Birds By The Yao People Of Mozambique For Honey
It is uncommon for wild animals to collaborate with men of their own free will…
The US President Who Secretly Bought Enslaved Children
According to history, the cruel practice of owning slaves was common among presidents during the…
How Enslaved Africans Changed The Laws Of Virginia With The Desire To Learn To Read And Write
There were fears among slave owners and colonialists that if the enslaved were given the…
Remembering Clifford Chester Sims, Black American Soldier Who Sacrificed Himself To Protect His Squad In The Vietnam War
Clifford Chester Sims, born on June 18, 1942, was a solider in the United States…
Elizabeth Thorn Scott Flood, First African American Public School Educator In California History
Elizabeth Thorn Scott Flood is known as the mother of desegregated education for children of…
This Ghana’s King Prempeh I Was Exiled To Seychelles For 24 Years Over 50,000 Ounces Of Gold
Asantehene Prempeh I was the 13th Ashanti Empire of the Gold Coast monarch. When he…
Here’s Why Charleston, South Carolina Celebrates May 4th
It was a rallying cry for the city of Charleston, South Carolina, to properly bury…
Remembering The Only Black Supervisor In The Manhattan Project Who Helped Develop The Atomic Bomb
During WWII, the United States government’s secret program to build an atomic bomb (the Manhattan…