The Fourteenth Amendment
Ratified on July 21, 1868 Landmark Legislation to the US [...]
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931 Journalist / Activist [...]
The Story of Juneteenth
June 19, 1865 Juneteenth (officially Juneteenth National Independence Day and [...]
William Harvey Carney
February 29, 1840 – December 9, 1908 War Hero (Civil [...]
Captain Robert Smalls
April 5, 1839 – February 23, 1915 War Hero / [...]
John Henry Murphy, Sr.
December 25, 1840 – April 5, 1922 Newspaper Publisher Born [...]
Bass Reeves
July 1838 – January 12, 1910 Law Enforcement Officer (US [...]
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 [...]