Subject Black Cabinet; New Deal; President Franklin D Roosevelt Description The Black Cabinet consisted of a group of working-class African American professionals whose purpose was to perform an advisory role to President D. Roosevelt during his administration from 1933 to 1945. This informal entity actively fought for the […]
Subject Black-Owned Business; Moving Company; John T. Ward Description Sometime in the mid-19th century, John T. Ward, a Black man from Virginia who had relocated to Central Ohio, began transporting escaped enslaved people via the Underground Railroad. He relied on two horses and a wagon, covering a critical […]
Subject Afro Latino; Black History; Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Description By identifying as a Black and Puerto Rican, Schomburg’s acknowledgment of his diverse heritage helped him earn a global understanding of Black identity — a view he implemented in his approach to rescuing and preserving Black history — while he […]
Subject Union Spy; Civil War; Prison Break; Richmond, VA Description Robert Ford, a Northern free Black, served as a teamster in the quartermaster’s department of the Union army in the Shenandoah Valley. Ford was an instrumental channel of information between the prisoners and Union loyalists in Richmond. He […]
Subject Black History, Public Health, Tuskegee Experiment Description From 1932 to 1972, the United States Public Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention operated an extremely unethical medical experiment on the effects of outcomes of untreated syphilis. Hundreds of poor Black men from Macon County, […]
Subject Physician, Dentist, Professor, Pharmacist, Politician, Teacher Description Though born into slavery and of an illiterate background, Robert F. Boyd was a prime moving spirit in upholding education and launching medical institutions to offer health care and training for African Americans. This was deemed essential since health is […]
Subject Lawyer; Politician; Canada; Black History Description Lincoln MacCauley Alexander was a prominent personality in Canada’s quest for racial equity. Against all odds, he uplifted Canadian success stories over racial prejudice. As Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American female astronaut, said in his quote, the white’s limited […]
Subject US Military; Clemency;1917 Houston Riot Description A group of attorneys and advocates have pledged to seek clemency for 110 Black soldiers who were convicted in a mutiny and riots at a military camp in Houston in 1917. Creator The Guardian Source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/20/clemency-110-black-soldiers-1917-houston-mutiny Publisher theguardian.com File
Subject Higher Education; University of Southern Mississippi; Discrimination Description Some University of Southern Mississippi students are working on a project to document the story of a Black man who was barred from attending the university in the 1950s. Clyde Kennard was denied entry between 1955 and 1959 and […]
Subject Librarian; Educator;Writer; Scholar Description The service of Edward Christopher Williams as a librarian was of a high order. He became the first documented African American graduate of library science. Williams revolutionized librarianship and library education. President Charles F. Thwing of Western Reserve University (WRU) said this concerning […]
