by August Corppetts | Apr 29, 2014 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions
Pilgrim Baptist Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota, is the oldest African American church in the state of Minnesota. A group of escaped slaves began worshiping together in 1863, and under the leadership of fellow escaped slave Robert Thomas Hickman, the church officially...
by QuinteroMaria | Apr 23, 2014 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions
Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church of Natchez, Mississippi, traces its origins as far back as 1837 in a shared legacy with First Baptist Church and later Wall Street Baptist Church, two predominantly white congregations in Natchez in 1850. It is, however, recognized...
by BroussardAlbert | Apr 23, 2014 | African American History, Places
Carr’s Beach, at one time one of the leading beaches for east coast African Americans, was affectionately called, “The Beach.” Although “The Beach” no longer exists as a vacation getaway spot, Carr’s Beach and its neighboring Sparrow’s Beach were two of the major...
by WangTabitha | Apr 23, 2014 | African American History, Places
Concrete forms for outdoor prayer pavilion at Gulfside Assembly in Waveland, Mississippi (Image Courtesy Mike DuBose) Gulfside Assembly was a segregated resort in Waveland, Mississippi, along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Unique among 20th century black resorts, it was...
by WangTabitha | Apr 17, 2014 | African American History, People
Anthony Foxx, the seventeenth United States Secretary of Transportation, was born April 30, 1971 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and raised by his mother, Laura Foxx, and grandparents James and Mary Foxx. He graduated from West Charlotte High School in 1989, and four...
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