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Black History Facts February 13
Inoculation was introduced to America by a slave.Few details are known about the birth of Onesimus, but it is assumed he was born in Africa in the late seventeenth century...
Black History Facts February 13
Inoculation was introduced to America by a slave.Few details are known about the birth of Onesimus, but it is assumed he was born in Africa in the late seventeenth century...
Black History Facts February 12
Martin Luther King Jr. improvised the most iconic part of his “I Have a Dream Speech.” On Wednesday, August 28, 1963, 250,000 Americans united at the Lincoln Memorial for the...
Black History Facts February 12
Martin Luther King Jr. improvised the most iconic part of his “I Have a Dream Speech.” On Wednesday, August 28, 1963, 250,000 Americans united at the Lincoln Memorial for the...
Black History Facts February 11
Before there was Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin.Most people think of Rosa Parks as the first person to refuse to give up their seat on a bus in Montgomery,...
Black History Facts February 11
Before there was Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin.Most people think of Rosa Parks as the first person to refuse to give up their seat on a bus in Montgomery,...
Black History Facts February 9
Dred Scott Case, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1856–57. It involved the then bitterly contested issue of the status of slavery in the federal territories. In 1834, his...
Black History Facts February 9
Dred Scott Case, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1856–57. It involved the then bitterly contested issue of the status of slavery in the federal territories. In 1834, his...
Black History Facts February 8
Eldridge Cleaver (Leroy Eldridge Cleaver), 1935–98, African-American social activist, b. Wabbaseka, Ark. Growing up in Los Angeles, he spent much of 1954–66 in prison for various crimes including rape. In...
Black History Facts February 8
Eldridge Cleaver (Leroy Eldridge Cleaver), 1935–98, African-American social activist, b. Wabbaseka, Ark. Growing up in Los Angeles, he spent much of 1954–66 in prison for various crimes including rape. In...
Black History Facts February 7
Angela Yvonne Davis 1944–, African-American political activist, b. Birmingham, Ala. She taught philosophy (1969–70) at the Univ. of California, Los Angeles, until she was finally denied reappointment because of her...
Black History Facts February 7
Angela Yvonne Davis 1944–, African-American political activist, b. Birmingham, Ala. She taught philosophy (1969–70) at the Univ. of California, Los Angeles, until she was finally denied reappointment because of her...