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Robert S. Abbott: The Chicago Defender
Robert Sengstacke Abbott (1870 – 1940) was born of freeman parents and was given his middle name by his stepfather at the age of one. Abbott studied at Claflin University,...
Junius G. Groves: Potato King of the World
Junius G. Groves (1859 - 1925) was perhaps the most successful black farmer and is referred to as the “potato king of the world.” Groves was born a slave in Green County,...
Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin
Fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin was an active member of the local NAACP Youth Council lead by Rosa Parks in Montgomery, Alabama. On March 2, 1955, Colvin tested the...
A Black Man’s Court Case Legalized Slavery
Anthony Johnson Did you know that a black man, Anthony Johnson, won a court case in Northampton County Court in 1655 to keep his slave, John Casor, and the ruling became the...
Our Mission: Countering Revisionist History
The Yocum African-American History Association (YAAHA) is dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the events which shaped the lives and contributions of...
Restoration and Preservation of Black History
Revisionist historians exploit the general lack of knowledge of the public in order to promote their agenda. Sometimes errors are written and repeated as fact, but it is...
1500 Freedom Lawmakers
Eric Foner compiled an excellent reference book, Freedom’s Lawmakers, that contains collective biographies of more than 1500 black Reconstruction lawmakers. Democratic...
Carter G. Woodson: Father of Black History Month
“Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history” Carter G. Woodson Carter G...
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