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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 10
On this day, Feb. 6, 1820, the very first group of Black Americans returned to Africa.A group of nearly 90 brave men and women voyaged across the Atlantic on the...
Black History Facts February 10
On this day, Feb. 6, 1820, the very first group of Black Americans returned to Africa.A group of nearly 90 brave men and women voyaged across the Atlantic on the...
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...