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ON THIS DAY: 250 Years Of American Moments
5+ hour, 34+ min ago (20+ words) Formerly-enslaved, abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass was nominated for president, becoming the first Black candidate in U. S. history....
On This Day: 250 Years Of American History. ..
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (23+ words) South Carolina executed 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. by electrocution, making him the youngest person put to death in the U. S....
JUNE 9 1963: Fannie Lou Hamer Was Beaten And Jailed For Your Right To Vote
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (182+ words) Hamer bravely shared the harrowing details at he 1964 Democratic National Convention. Fannie Lou Hamer was a woman of little means but great determination. She mobilized hundreds of Black Mississippians to register to vote at a time when'Jim Crow had the…...
Statue Of Teen Civil Rights Activist Barbara Rose Johns Unveiled At U. S. Capitol
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (237+ words) On Dec. 16, a new statue honoring civil rights pioneer Barbara Rose Johns was unveiled in the U. S. Capitol. "We are here to honor one of America's true trailblazers, a woman who embodied the essence of the American spirit in her fight…...
Philadelphia To Observe 'Ona Judge Day' May 21
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (210+ words) Ona Judge was formerly enslaved by George and Martha Washington. The Philadelphia City Council has officially designated May 21 as "Ona Judge Day," a historic resolution aimed at honoring one of the most significant figures of resistance to slavery in the…...
Civil Rights Memorial Center To Host Emmett Till Traveling Exhibit
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (291+ words) The exhibit, "Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See," will be on display from April 28 to August 14. The Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, Alabama, has been chosen as the next host of the traveling Emmett Till exhibit. On…...
Fannie Lou Hamer's Presidential Medal Of Freedom Finds Home In Mississippi Museum
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (403+ words) Hamer received the honor in 2025, nearly 50 years after her death. The Presidential Medal of Freedom that was posthumously awarded to Fannie Lou Hamer is officially available for public viewing. The award, granted to the late civil and women's rights activist…...
A Bourbon Steeped In History: Old Hillside Honors The Harlem Hellfighters
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (739+ words) The Harlem Hellfighters spent 191 days in combat on the front lines, longer than any other American unit in WWI history. The founders of the Black-owned bourbon brand, Old'Hillside'Bourbon Company, knew they would honor the Harlem Hellfighters from the moment they…...
Forgotten Cemetery For Black Boys In Maryland Detention Center Finally Unearthed To Public
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (486+ words) The cemetery housed boys who were detained at the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children. Deep in Prince George's County, Maryland, lies a wooded area that holds a forgotten history. Rows of cinder blocks guard the area that…...
A Century Of Living History: Harriet Tubman's Descendant Dies At 98
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (359+ words) Copes Johnson's connection to Tubman and her role in preserving the legacy of her ancestor was recognized publicly by the New York Senate. Pauline Copes Johnson, a documented descendant of abolitionist Harriet Tubman, died at age 98. Copes Johnson spent much…...