History Of The African Americans Who Participated In The California Gold Rush (1848-1860)
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The California Gold Rush, which lasted from 1848 to 1860, began on January 24, 1848, when carpenter and…
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Jonathan Jasper Wright: The First African American To Serve As A State Supreme Court Judge (1840-1885)
Jonathan Jasper Wright, the state’s first African American Supreme Court justice, was born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and…
Meet Valerie Thomas, Who Invented The Illusion Transmitter In 1976
Valerie Thomas worked with NASA from 1964 until 1995 in a number of roles, including developing real-time computer…
Remembering The Lynching Of Two Black Men And Their Pregnant Wives In Georgia, In 1946
This is one of the most heartbreaking and upsetting narratives of lynchings in American history that we have…
As A Black American, I Don’t Celebrate The Fourth Of July – Do You?
The Fourth of July is not really something I observe ~ Arielle Gray Growing up, I was never…
3 African Scholars Who Were Abducted, Shipped To, And Enslaved in The U.S.
The historic Trans-Atlantic slave trade was one of the most heinous crimes against black people, resulting in the…
The Barbaric Lynching Of Henry Smith In Front Of 15,000 White People In 1893
The Lynching Of Henry Smith took place in front of an estimated 15,000 onlookers in Paris, Texas, on…
How The Reproductive Systems of Thousands of African Americans were Removed Through Eugenics In The 20th Century
The history of America is littered with some of the most atrocious humanitarian crimes ever committed against humans,…
Meet The African-American Family Who Produced Automobile Cars In The Early 1900s – C.R. Patterson and Sons Carriage Company
The advancement of Black people in the field of science and technology has been hidden for decades and…
14 Black Inventors Who The World Owes Gratitude For Their Inventions
The contributions of Black inventors to the technological advancement of the world is one subject that must always…