by CooperWestonW | Mar 19, 2016 | African American History, Events
The race riot of Charleston, South Carolina in 1919 was a part of a series of race riots that year, known as the “Red Summer.” The migration of blacks out of the south, the end of World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, the illness and near incapacity of...
by YaredEphrem | Mar 15, 2016 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
The 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was a volunteer regiment made up of men who wanted to enter the already full 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 54th was the first officially recognized black military unit...
by GenatossioNoah | Mar 4, 2016 | African American History, People
Armstrong Williams is an American conservative political figure and commentator. Williams hosts a daily radio show and a nationally syndicated TV show, The Right Side, with Armstrong Williams. Outside of his political persona, Williams works in the private business...
by GenatossioNoah | Feb 24, 2016 | African American History, People
Lorenzo Dow Turner was an African American linguist who headed the English department at Howard University in Washington, D.C. from 1920 to 1928, and later headed of the English department at Fisk University (1929 to 1946). His accomplishments within his career in...
by SchieslMartin | Jan 2, 2016 | African American History, People
Dentist and civil rights leader Daniel A. Collins was born in Darlington, South Carolina, on June 11, 1916. His father ran a heavy equipment company, and his mother was a school principal and an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Following...
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