The Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863 The Story Behind This Significant Moment On [...]
Sojourner Truth (Isabella Baumfree)
1797 – November 26, 1883 Activist / Abolitionist Our sister [...]
Booker Taliaferro Washington
April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915 Educator / Author [...]
The Wilmington Massacre of 1898
November 10, 1898 Violent Overthrow of the Government by White [...]
Maj. John Roy Lynch
September 10, 1847 – November 2, 1939 Politician / Military [...]
Lucy Craft Laney
April 13, 1854 – October 24, 1933 Educator Lucy Craft [...]
John Brown
May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859 Abolitionist / Martyr [...]
Hiram Rhodes Revels
September 27, 1827 – January 16, 1901 Politician / Minister [...]