by BarkleyCharlesKelly | Jun 28, 2011 | African American History, People
Image Ownership: Public Domain Timmie Rogers was a popular black comedian and entertainer from the 1940s through the 1990s. He was one of the first African American entertainers who refused to wear blackface or to dress in dirty tattered clothing while performing....
by BryanErika | Jun 23, 2011 | African American History, People
Clergyman and civil rights activist John Hurst Adams was born November 27, 1927, in Columbia, South Carolina, to Reverend E.A. Adams and homemaker Charity Nash Adams. John Adams graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Columbia, South Carolina, and in 1947,...
by Sadrud-DinZaakiraL | Jun 23, 2011 | African American History, Events
The Port Royal Experiment, the first major attempt by Northerners to reconstruct the Southern political and economic system, began only seven months after the firing on Fort Sumter. On November 7, 1861 the Union Army occupied South Carolina’s Sea Islands, freeing...
by YaredEphrem | Jun 23, 2011 | African American History, People
Myles Anderson Paige, the first African American to be appointed a New York City Criminal Court Judge, was born on July 18, 1898, in Montgomery, Alabama. Paige was a star football player at Howard University, graduating from the Washington D.C. institution with a...
by Sadrud-DinZaakiraL | Jun 23, 2011 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
The 1st Louisiana Native Guard (USA) was one of the first all-black regiments to fight in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The Guard originated in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1862, during its occupation by Union forces. On September 27, 1862, Major General...
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