Forty-fifth Congress (1877-79) convened

fave

Source: Black Past

Thurgood Marshall was the first African American Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Marshall was also famous for his historic victory on the ‘Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka’ Case, which ended the racial segregation of public

fave

Source: Black History Resources

Jan

24

1993

COVID-19 While Colored—Police Departments Have a New Profiling Tool Health Departments Provide Police with Addresses of Those Who Test Positive for COVID-19 | Black Voice News

– Unnamed Member, Tennessee Black Caucus

fave

Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Forty-seventh Congress (1881-83) Convened

Forty-seventh Congress (1881-83) convened. Two Black congressmen, Robert Smalls, South Carolina; John R. Lynch, Mississippi.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

5

1881

Two-front warriors: Remember the centuries of heroism of African-American soldiers

Johnson is a part of a long African American military tradition of exceptional devotion to a country that, through its history, denied blacks their rights and discriminated against and humiliated its black

fave

Source: New York Post

Henriette Delille: Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family

fave

Source: Black Then

Death of Robert Smalls

Death of Robert Smalls (75), Reconstruction congressman, in Beaufort, South Carolina.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Feb

23

1915

A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System

In the following article Professor Malik Simba, an historian at California State University, Fresno describes his professional and personal odyssey that led to the writing of his book, Black Marxism and American Constitutionalism: From the Colonial Background through the Ascendancy of Barack Obama

fave

Source: Black Past

Miller, Thomas E. (1849-1938)

Politician and educator, Thomas E. Miller was born in Ferrebeeville, Beaufort County, South Carolina on June 17, 1849. Miller was the son of free black parents, and moved with them to Charleston, South Carolina in 1851 where he attended the all-black schools in the city. After the Civil

fave

Source: Black Past

Apr

8

1938

Sarah Parker Remond, African American Abolitionist

Known for: African American abolitionist, women’s rights advocate

fave

Source: ThoughtCo

Bush, Dwight L. (1957 - )

Ambassador Dwight Bush had a 35 year career in finance and corporate management before he became a U.S. diplomat. He has served as an executive within numerous financial institutions and sat on the board of directors for several corporate, educational, and non-profit organizations. As of this

fave

Source: Black Past

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

March on Washington redirects here. For other marches on Washington, D.C., see List of protest marches on

fave

Source: BlackHistory.com

Strauder v. West Virginia (1880)

March 1, 1880, Decided; OCTOBER, 1879 Term

fave

Source: Black Past

Mar

1

1880

Appreciation for the Chicago Crusader | The Crusader Newspaper Group

I look forward with great enthusiasm to the delivery of the paper to my home in Houston and reading your coverage of local Chicago stories, historical accounts of Black history in America and the paper’s coverage of national

fave

Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Uncle Tom

revolt

fave

Source: ThoughtCo

Sharpton, Alfred Charles “Al” (1954- )

Born in Brooklyn, New York on October 3, 1954, Alfred Charles Sharpton, Jr., is an American Baptist minister and political, social, and human rights advocate. Known as “the Wonder Boy” as a youth, he was licensed and ordained as a Pentecostal minister and toured with the gospel singer

fave

Source: Black Past

Oct

3

1954

Dett, R. Nathaniel (1882-1943) - Birthday

Robert Nathaniel Dett was born October 11, 1882 in Drummondville, Ontario, Canada, a town founded prior to the American Civil War by fugitive slaves from the U.

fave

Source: Black Past

Oct

11

1882

Black Power movement

The Black Power movement was a political movement to achieve a form of Black Power and the many philosophies it contains. The movement saw various forms of activism some violent and some peaceful, all hoping to achieve black empowerment. The Black Power movement also represented socialist

fave

Source: ThoughtCo

South Carolina secedes from the Union, beginning the rumbles that would become t

South Carolina secedes from the Union, beginning the rumbles that would become the Civil War

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

20

1860

Slave narrative

The slave narrative is a type of literary work that is made up of the written accounts of enslaved Africans in Great Britain and its colonies, including the later United States, Canada, and Caribbean nations. Some six thousand former slaves from North America and the Caribbean gave accounts of

fave

Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

For the slave act of 1793, see Fugitive Slave Act of

fave

Source: BlackHistory.com

Sep

18

1850

African-American Civil Rights Movement (1896–1954)

The Civil Rights Movement in the United States was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. The movement has had a lasting impact on United States society, in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil

fave

Source: ThoughtCo

Joe Biden Jumps Out Of His Lane With 'You Ain't Black' Remark On 'The Breakfast Club' - Blavity

Biden continued to defend his reputation with the Black community as his aide was in the background telling him to wrap up the

fave

Source: Blavity News

University of Tennessee admitted first Black

University of Tennessee admitted first Black student.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

12

1952

Timeline 1800-1859: African American History and Women

[Previous] [Next] • Ohio Constitution adopted, outlawing slavery and prohibiting free blacks from voting • James Callendar accused Thomas Jefferson of keeping as his concubine, one of his own slaves -- Sally Hemings. The accusation was first published in the Richmond Recorder. • (February 11) Lydia

fave

Source: ThoughtCo

Richard Harvey Cain, founder of Paul Quinn College

Richard Harvey Cain, founder of Paul Quinn College in Waco, Texas, born

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Apr

12

1825

Forty-eighth Congress (1883-85) convened, Two

Forty-eighth Congress (1883-85) convened, Two Blacks representatives, James E. OHara, North Carolina; Robert Smalls, South Carolina. George L. Ruffin appointed city judge in Boston. Fifty-three Blacks reported lynched in 1883.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

3

1883

Beaty, Powhatan (1837–1916)

Powhatan Beaty was an American soldier and actor. He served in the Union Army’s 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment throughout the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration given by the United States, when he

fave

Source: Black Past

Williams, George Washington (1849-1891)

George Washington Williams was a 19th century American historian most famous for his volumes, History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880; as Negroes, as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens (1882), and A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion (1887).Williams was born in

fave

Source: Black Past

La Amistad

Coordinates: 41°21′40″N 71°57′58″W / 41.361°N 71.966°W La Amistad (pronounced [la a.misˈtað]; Spanish for Friendship) was a 19th-century two-masted schooner, owned by a Spaniard living in Cuba. It became renowned in July 1839 for a slave revolt by Mende captives, who had been enslaved in

fave

Source: BlackHistory.com

BlackFacts Details

Forty-fifth Congress (1877-79) convened

Sports Facts

Amazing Grace: President Obama's Bold and Moving Speech on Race in Charleston

Popular Topics

Arts Facts

Business Facts

Cuisine Facts