by AdamsChelsea | 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 JacksonJoelle | 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 JacksonJoelle | Jun 22, 2011 | African American History, People
Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., NASA’s first permanent Black administrator, was born to Charles Frank and Ethel Bolden, both teachers, on August 19th, 1946, in Columbia, South Carolina. He rose to the rank of Major General in the United States Marine Corps and was a...
by quintardjr | Jun 17, 2011 | African American History, Events, Perspectives
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Juneteenth Minidoc [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]In the article below, historian Quintard Taylor describes the origins and evolution of the Juneteenth holiday since...
by ChristensenNate | Jun 3, 2011 | African American History, People
Reverend Mahlon Van Horne was a community leader in Newport, Rhode Island and a pioneer in African American politics. As U.S. consul to St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, he advocated for the U.S. to purchase the territory in the early 1900s. Born on March 5th, 1840 in...
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