Join us for a LIVE Virtual Town Hall on the Impact of Racism hosted by Post News Group Journalist Carla Thomas and featuring Oakland, CA NAACP...
Throughout his career, Moore defeated many national champions, including Joe Lewis, Mike Stone, and Bill "Superfoot" Wallace. Moore placed in every tournament he competed in from...
On Sept. 16, 1904, Follis signed a contract with the Shelby Blues, becoming the first Black man to play professional football on a racially integrated team....
Pelham, along with colleagues, authored a significant census report in 1918 titled “Negro Population: 1790-1915,” which provided crucial insights into the African American population and the...
Americans were in awe of young Philippa Duke Schuyler’s genius. The media often reported on her progress, specifically the Pittsburgh Courier. She received guidance, mostly from...
“For far too long, Black people in the United States have been shown that outdoor exploration activities are not for us,” Corina Newsome, who studies Seaside...
Moses Fleetwood Walker (1856–1924) took the field against the Louisville Eclipse on May 1, 1884, making him the first African American to play in a professional...
Emma Berdis Baldwin, Louise Little, and Alberta King are described by author Anna Malaika Tubbs as “women who have been almost entirely ignored throughout history” in...
Lilly Ann Granderson (1816–1889) was born a slave in Virginia. Little has been recorded about her childhood, but it is known that early on she was...
During an April 1890 interview with Woman Inventor, a short-lived publication that brought attention to women inventors and the issues they faced, Ellen F. Eglin spoke...
Space sickness, this is called, is a serious problem for many astronauts, one that aerospace psychophysiologist Patricia S. Cowings (1948 –) studies extensively and is helping...
During the late 19th century, elevators were constructed in a way that required a person to manually open and close its doors. Residential and commercial buildings...
Historically, Black cartoonists have never enjoyed the same representation as their white counterparts. This barrier is slowly being demolished, specifically by Black female artists. Their works...
What began as a violin lesson from a private teacher and later with endless hours of listening to Red Seal recordings led to William Grant Still...
From a small brick building located two blocks from what is now The King Center boomed a voice for Black Atlanta: Jesse B. Blayton Sr. a...
First imagined by the French historian Édouard de Laboulaye in 1865, Lady Liberty was created from a desire to represent an alliance between America and France....
Victoria Spivey (1906–1976) emerged in the world of blues recordings during the 1920s. The Houston, Texas, native was a child singer and actor in vaudeville and...
Thomas Fuller (1710–1790) was once asked two questions: “How many seconds are in a year and a half? How many seconds had a man lived who...
The world recognized her as having possessed one of the greatest singing voices of her era. An Opera News reviewer for the Washington Post wrote: “The...
As a 4-year-old sitting and listening to his mother play the piano tune “Rosary,” he cried. “It was so pretty; so pretty,” he’d said. By age...
A massive collection of books, films, and documents; photos; pieces of our past that were well hidden, are among thousands of artifacts devoted to America’s Black...
As Blacks in America suffered overt racism, life under Jim Crow and forms of open racial violence, Hollywood flourished. It was everyday business to depict Blacks...
She was selfless in her caring for newborns, knowing that the life that welcomed them was threatened by devastation with mothers living in poor neighborhoods and...
Throughout a career that began during a time when segregation was strictly enforced and the modern Civil Rights Movement was still in its infancy, Benjamin O....
The 19th century brought about changes in the architectural designs of many American cities. New materials were used, buildings began to reach skyscraper heights. The downside...
Historically, African American participation in advertising meant stereotypical images on product packaging. Some were blatantly racist. In the United States, Blacks first appeared in ads during...
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