Priceless photo of enslaved Selina Gray who was the head housekeeper for Confederate General Robert E. Lee. She is credited with defending Arlington House during the Civil War and thereby saving treasured heirlooms belonging to George Washington.
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Posted Friday, April 20th 2018 at 7:16PM
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Solomon G. Brown (1829-1906)
He was a poet, lecturer, and scientific technician, became the first African American employee at the Smithsonian Institution. He also played a significant role in the implementation of the first electric telegraph and ...
Posted Friday, April 20th 2018 at 7:13PM
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All World - A look at some of the most multi talented Black athletes in American history. These guys weren't just All Stars. They were All World! Including rare footage you have never seen before. True Story !
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Posted Friday, April 20th 2018 at 2:42PM
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The fourth PAC was organized in 1927 in New York by the Women's International Circle of Peace and Foreign Relations, a black women's club in New York led by Minnie Pickens, Addie W. Hunton, and Nina Du Bois, W.E.B.'s first wife. The Congress gathered 208 delegates from the United States and ten fore ...
Posted Thursday, April 19th 2018 at 6:47AM
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Elizabeth Carter Brooks’
Was an educator, architect and social activist.
After graduating from New Bedford High School, she entered the Swain Free School of Design and received a classical education in architecture and design, which served her ...
Posted Thursday, April 19th 2018 at 6:45AM
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Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1953 until his death in 1968. Coretta Scott King helped lead the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. King was an active advocate for African-Amer ...
Posted Thursday, April 19th 2018 at 6:42AM
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The Negro Motorist Green Book (The Negro Motorist Green-Book or titled The Negro Travelers' Green Book) was an annual guidebook for African-American roadtrippers, commonly referred to simply as the Green Book. It was originated and published by New York City mailman Victor Hugo Green from 1936 to 19 ...
Posted Wednesday, April 18th 2018 at 10:26AM
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Sarraounia- The Panther Queen
In the 1890 a French colonial operation was planned whose mission it was to force the submission of an empire along the bend of the river Niger. Lieutenant Voulet and Captain Chanoine were the colonial officers in cha ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 10:41AM
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John Charles Robinson (November 26, 1903 – March 26, 1954) was an American aviator and activist who was hailed as the "Brown Condor" for his service in serving in the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force against Fascist Italy. Robinson pushed for equal oppor ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 10:37AM
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Louis Allen (April 25, 1919 – January 31, 1964) was an African-American citizen and married businessman with a family in Liberty, Mississippi. He was shot and killed on his land during the civil rights era. He tried to register to vote. In addition, ...
Posted Monday, April 16th 2018 at 10:25AM
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TRUTHSTORIAN presents a brief introduction to the Ancient Nok Culture (1000 BC-300 AD) of West Africa. This great civilization was one of the earliest in West Africa. The Nok were masters of iron working and creators of high art.
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