by PienDiane | Apr 27, 2020 | African American History, People
Georgina Falú Pesante, university executive, community organizer, professor, and Pan-Africanist, was born on April 23, 1939 in Santurce, Puerto Rico to María Magdalena “Malen” Pesante Santana, business owner and homemaker, and Juan “Juanín” Falú Zarzuela, civil rights...
by Julie Quackenbush | Apr 27, 2020 | African American History, Events
The first instance of Black soldiers engaging in significant combat during the Civil War was the Battle of Island Mound on Oct 29th, 1862 in Bates County, Missouri. With the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued on September 22nd, 1862, black soldiers had for...
by Tori Davis | Apr 27, 2020 | African American History, People
Ronnie Spector is best known for being the lead singer of the legendary pop-rock girl group of the 1960’s, The Ronettes. Her sultry and edgy voice in early rock’s most famous records stamps her as an icon in music history. She was born Veronica Yvette Bennett on...
by Sarah Garat | Apr 26, 2020 | African American History, Concepts, Places
The “Saltwater Railroad” refers to the coastal waterway followed by many enslaved people escaping from the Southern slave states into the British-controlled Bahamas. The saltwater railroad served a similar function as the Underground Railroad, a land pathway, that...
by Ruthie Fenske | Apr 26, 2020 | African American History, People
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Martha Hartway Lawrence Minidoc Martha Hartway was one of the black pioneers of Columbus, Ohio. She was born a slave in Powhatan County, Virginia she believed in September 1858 (the exact date of her birth is unknown)....
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