by FikesRobert | Dec 31, 2017 | African American History, People
Alfred L. Cralle was an African American businessman and inventor best known for inventing the ice cream scoop in 1897. Cralle was born on September 4, 1866, in Kenbridge, Lunenburg County, Virginia, just after the end of the American Civil War. He attended local...
by WhitakerMatthewC | Dec 28, 2017 | African American History, Events
The Pulaski Race Riot occurred in Pulaski, Tennessee on January 7, 1868, when local whites shot, and killed or wounded, six African American men. The origin of the riot was a conflict that began with two men with the same first name: Calvin Carter, black, and Calvin...
by McNallyDeborah | Dec 28, 2017 | African American History, People
Pioneering Black journalist Louis Lomax was born in Valdosta, Georgia, on August 16, 1922, to parents Emanuel C. Smith and Sarah Louise Lomax. He attended Paine College in Augusta, Georiga, where he was editor of the student newspaper. He graduated from Paine in 1942...
by Rozen-WheelerAdam | Dec 26, 2017 | African American History, People
Philip Freelon is a prominent architect best known for his design of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History & Culture. Freelon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 26, 1952, to Allan R. Freelon, Jr. and Elizabeth N....
by SearlesMichaelN | Dec 26, 2017 | African American History, People
On June 14, 2012, Shantel Davis, a 23-year-old African-American woman, was fatally shot by New York City, New York Police Department (NYPD) officer Phil Atkins. She was unarmed, and her death occurred while the national discussion of police brutality was gaining...
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