Vivian Malone Jones incited segregationists by enrolling in an all-white University of Alabama on June 11, 1963. […]
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How War Veterans Built Oro, One Of The First Black Settlements In Canada
Early in the 1800s, it was customary in Upper Canada for would-be landowners to write the governor’s […]
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Maputo Neighbourhood Is ‘Living Museum’ Of Mozambique’s Culture
Turn a corner in Mozambique’s seaside capital Maputo, and the skyline vanishes. Colonial Portuguese buildings and mid-century […]
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How Benjamin Bradley Sold His Revolutionary Invention To Buy His Freedom
Benjamin Bradley astounded his colleagues and the owner by constructing a steam engine out of a gun […]
Technology
This African-American Scientist Created The Material That Is Used To Protect Telephone Cables In Order To Improve Connectivity
Walter Lincoln Hawkins, an African-American scientist, pioneered a global revolution that changed the way plastics were recycled […]
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Who Was Addison Jones, The Famous African-American Cowboy Who Could Top Off Horses Other Cowboys Feared?
In the 1800s, many boys’ first loves were caring to their livestock and riding horses in Gonzales […]
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From Log Cabin to Funeral Home Mogul Who Amassed a $130 Million Fortune: The Story Of Arthur G. Gaston
Arthur George Gaston Sr., who was born on July 4, 1892, in a log cabin as the […]
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Music And Dance Festival Promotes Peace In DR Congo
Artists from the Congo and the Great Lakes sub-region got thousands of festival goers dancing with songs […]
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This African King Fought The Portuguese Trade In Slaves And Expelled Them From His Kingdom
Following the overthrow of his uncle Pedro Nkanga a Mvemba, King Diogo, the grandson of King Afonso […]
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Linda Martell: 3 Things You Need To Know About The First Black Woman To Perform At The Grand Ole Opry
Her goal was to break new ground for Black artists in a field dominated by white performers. […]
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How The First Recorded African Community In Britain Came To Be
Africans have been present in Britain since soldiers from North Africa manned a Roman fort in Burgh-by-Sands. […]
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Discovering The Legacy Of The First Person To Stand On Top Of The World, Matthew Henson
In Nanjemoy, Maryland, on August 8, 1866, a freeborn sharecropper family gave birth to Matthew Henson. After […]
Entertainment
Congolese “Sapeurs” Demand Official Recognition
Congolese dandies or “sapeurs” gathered in Kinshasa on Friday on the anniversary of the death of Stervos […]
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Aristocratic British Family Will Make History By Traveling To Grenada To Apologize For Owning Slaves
According to The Guardian, an aristocratic British family whose ancestors owned over 1,000 enslaved Africans in Grenada […]
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Charles Alston: The First Black Painter To Highlight The Unsung Women Who Helped The Montgomery Bus Boycott Succeed
The Montgomery bus boycott, which took place from late 1955 to 1956, demonstrated what local citizens could […]
Entertainment
WATCH: Actor Idris Elba Dressed As An African King At Ghana’s Akwasidae Festival
Idris Elba, the British actor, was recently in Ghana, calling on the country’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo, to […]
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Oldest East African Stone-Age Tools Discovered In Western Kenya
Western Kenya has discovered the oldest stone-age tools. Scientists from the National Museums of Kenya, the Smithsonian […]
Celebrity Profiles / Entertainment
Who Was Etta Moten, The First Black Woman To Perform At The White House?
She was best known for her role as “Bess” in the opera Porgy and Bess, in addition […]
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Alice Allison-Dunnigan, The First Black Woman Journalist To Get White House Press Credentials
Alice Allison-Dunnigan was born in Russellville, Kentucky in 1906 to Willie and Lena Allison. Allison grew up […]
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Remembering Antonieta de Barros, The First Black Woman Elected To The Brazilian Federal Congress
Antonieta de Barros was a trailblazing journalist, educator, and social activist in Brazil who spent her life […]
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Edith Jones, Inspired By Her Sister’s Death, Made History At The University of Arkansas School of Medicine and Saved Lives
None of her life’s challenges sparked her ambition more than the death of her sister. She was […]