February 14, 2021
Some 50 years after the 13th amendment abolished slavery, noted historian and pioneer, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, planted the roots for what would one...
January 24, 2021
The Holocaust was, unarguably, one of the most horrific events in recorded history. Approximately six million Jewish men, women and children were m...
December 27, 2020
“Strong people do not need strong leaders.”
Ella Baker was born in Norfolk, Virginia on December 13, 1903. She was raised on the same land that he...
November 30, 2020
Arthur Ashe was the first (and only) African-American male to win the U.S. Open, Australian Open, and Wimbledon singles titles, working beyond the ...
September 12, 2020
We’ve all heard about the people made famous for standing up against injustice, inequality, and hate crimes brought on by prejudice and ignorance. ...
August 26, 2020
Audre Lorde was a self-proclaimed “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” with a formidable voice and the creative fire to use it. Born in Harlem ...
August 26, 2020
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
Who Is James Baldwin? James Baldwin was an important...
August 26, 2020
“If we have honestly acknowledged our painful but shared past, then we can have reconciliation.”
Elizabeth Eckford became a heroine of the civil r...
August 21, 2020
The early decades of the 20th Century proved to be a prodigious and formative time for William Edward Burghart Dubois, otherwise known as W.E.B. Du...
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