
The Black Cabinet: The Road to a New Deal
Subject Black Cabinet; New Deal; President Franklin D Roosevelt Description The Black Cabinet consisted of a group of working-class African … Continue reading The Black Cabinet: The Road to a New Deal
Subject Black Cabinet; New Deal; President Franklin D Roosevelt Description The Black Cabinet consisted of a group of working-class African … Continue reading The Black Cabinet: The Road to a New Deal
Subject Afro Latino; Black History; Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Description By identifying as a Black and Puerto Rican, Schomburg’s acknowledgment of his … Continue reading The Afro Latino who redefined how Black history is remembered
Subject Black-Owned Business; Moving Company; John T. Ward Description Sometime in the mid-19th century, John T. Ward, a Black man … Continue reading ‘We’re still facing the challenge of we’re not good enough or worthy of the business’: How a 141-year-old Ohio moving company became America’s oldest Black-owned business
Subject Union Spy; Civil War; Prison Break; Richmond, VA Description Robert Ford, a Northern free Black, served as a teamster … Continue reading Robert Ford: Union Spy Responsible for Civil War Prison Break in Richmond, VA
Subject Black History, Public Health, Tuskegee Experiment Description From 1932 to 1972, the United States Public Health Service and the … Continue reading The Tuskegee Experiment: Crash Course Black American History #29 (Video)
Subject Physician, Dentist, Professor, Pharmacist, Politician, Teacher Description Though born into slavery and of an illiterate background, Robert F. Boyd … Continue reading Dr. Robert F. Boyd: The First President of National Negro Medical Association
Subject Lawyer; Politician; Canada; Black History Description Lincoln MacCauley Alexander was a prominent personality in Canada’s quest for racial equity. … Continue reading Lincoln MacCauley Alexander: First Black Member of Parliament in Canada
Subject US Military; Clemency;1917 Houston Riot Description A group of attorneys and advocates have pledged to seek clemency for 110 … Continue reading Group Seeks Clemency for 110 Black Soldiers Convicted in 1917 Houston Riot
Subject Higher Education; University of Southern Mississippi; Discrimination Description Some University of Southern Mississippi students are working on a project … Continue reading Project Documents Black Man Banned by Mississippi University
Subject Librarian; Educator;Writer; Scholar Description The service of Edward Christopher Williams as a librarian was of a high order. He … Continue reading Edward Christopher Williams: First African American Professionally Trained Librarian