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Successful Black Women in Victorian America
In April 1865, Frederick Douglass spoke to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society and said: "Everybody asked the question, and they learned to ask it early of the...
Charter Schools, A Battle Worth Fighting
It is not news that many parents want their children to get a quality education in a safe environment. In 1848, Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave who became a prominent...
How Eugenics Came to America
Dr. Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., recently commented that the Democratic Party is moving too far left. King criticized Democratic Senator Bernie...
Slavery Loophole
The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1865, says “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party...
The Shame of America
Ida B. Wells, an early anti-lynching advocate who virtually worked alone, exposed the unspeakable brutality of a violent mob with their “unwritten law” that justified...
Black Architects that Made America Great
Before the Civil War, blacks learned the building trade to benefit their owners, but after the Civil War, they passed their skills to their children and these budding...
IKE Fought Southern Democratic Segregation
IKE with John H. Sengstake Dwight D. Eisenhower, elected in 1952, was mindful of the southern Democratic congressional commitment to racial segregation, but he was...
School Desegregation Took 18 Years
During the Eisenhower Administration, landmark events shaped the Civil Rights Movement in the 20th Century. Eight years after the 1954 unanimous ruling of Brown v. Board of...
First Black American Car Dealer
Homer B. Roberts was a WWI veteran and an electrical engineer. Not only was he the first black American car dealer but was also one of the first black retailing giants. He...
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