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Virden, Illinois Race Riot (1898) | BlackPast.org
Mar 1, 2025 - The Virden, Illinois Race Riot was an example of the combination of labor and racial violence in the late 19th and early 20th century United States. Following...
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Detroit Race Riot (1943) | BlackPast.org
Mar 1, 2025 - The Detroit Riot of 1943 lasted only about 24 hours from 10:30 on June 20 to 11:00 p.m. on June 21; nonetheless it was considered one of the worst riots during...
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Janet Emerson Bashen (1957- ) | BlackPast.org
Feb 14, 2025 - Janet Emerson Bashen is the founder and CEO of the Bashen Corporation, a private consulting group that investigates Equal Employment Opportunity complaints...
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Robert K. Trench (1940- ) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - While a professor of biology at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Robert Kent Trench earned the reputation as the world’s leading expert on corals...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/miles-edward-l-1939/
Edward L. Miles (1939-2016) | BlackPast.org
Mar 7, 2025 - Edward Lancelot Miles, the Bloedel Professor Emeritus of Marine and Public Affairs at the University of Washington, Seattle, was a pioneer scientist in...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/herbert-alphonso-rap-dixon-1902-1944/
Herbert Alphonso “Rap” Dixon (1902-1944) | BlackPast.org
Mar 31, 2025 - Herbert Alphonso Dixon was a Negro Baseball League (NBL) baseball outfielder. Nicknamed “Rap,” Dixon was born on September 15, 1902 in Kingston, Georgia to...
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Cori Bush (1976- ) | BlackPast.org
Feb 18, 2025 - Cori Anika Bush is the first African America woman elected to represent Missouri’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. She is also...
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Robert Lee Satcher Jr. (1965 -) | BlackPast.org
Dec 12, 2024 - Robert Lee Satcher Jr., a specialist in child and adult bone cancer, a chemical engineer, and astronaut was born on September 22, 1965, in Hampton, Virginia,...
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Erich David Jarvis (1965 -) | BlackPast.org
Dec 12, 2024 - Erich David Jarvis, a noted scientist and a professional dancer, was born on May 6, 1965, in Harlem, New York, to musicians James Reginald Jarvis and Sasha...
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Mar 20, 2026 - Support BlackPast.org and help preserve Black history. Your tax-deductible donation keeps this free educational resource accessible to all.
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Brahim Ghali (1949- ) | BlackPast.org
May 20, 2025 - Brahim Ghali is a Sahrawi politician and military officer who serves as the current president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and former SADR...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/the-watts-truce-1992/
The Watts Truce (1992) | BlackPast.org
Feb 27, 2025 - The Watts Truce was a peace agreement among rival Blood and Crips street gangs in Los Angeles, California, mainly in the neighborhood of Watts. The Watts Truce...
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Mabel Murphy Smythe-Haith (1918-2006) | BlackPast.org
Feb 25, 2025 - The daughter of college graduates, Mabel M. Smythe-Haith is so far the only black American woman who was named a U.S. ambassador after her husband had earlier...
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Feb 19, 2026 - We must be ever more vigilant in protecting our histories against distortions, lies, and myths. For nearly two decades, BlackPast.org has been doing precisely...
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Rufus Smith (19?- ) | BlackPast.org
Mar 6, 2025 - Brigadier General Rufus Smith was the first African American to be appointed a General in the Ohio National Guard. He was also the first black Commander of the...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/young-coleman-1918-1997/
Coleman A. Young (1918-1997) | BlackPast.org
Feb 12, 2025 - Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on May 25, 1918, Coleman Young arrived in Detroit, Michigan with his family when he was five. The Colemans settled in the working...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/walker-moses-fleetwood-1857-1924/
Moses Fleetwood Walker (1857-1924) | BlackPast.org
Apr 2, 2025 - Moses Fleetwood Walker, often called Fleet, was the first African American to play major league baseball in the nineteenth century. Born October 7, 1857, in...
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The Omaha Courthouse Lynching of 1919 | BlackPast.org
Feb 27, 2025 - The infamous Omaha Courthouse Lynching of 1919 was part of the wave of racial and labor violence that swept the United States during the “Red Summer” of 1919....
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/joseph-l-graves-jr-1955/
Joseph L. Graves, Jr. (1955- ) | BlackPast.org
Oct 8, 2025 - Joseph L. Graves Jr. is a renowned geneticist and the first African American evolutionary biologist. Currently an Associate Dean for research and a professor...
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Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) | BlackPast.org
Apr 23, 2025 - Frederick Douglass was born into Maryland slavery in 1817 to a slave mother and a slave master father. Young Douglass toiled on a rural plantation and later in...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/just-ernest-everett-1883-1941/
Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - Dr. Ernest E. Just was an eminent biologist and author recognized worldwide for his work unlocking the role of the cell surface in the development of...
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Joseph W. Winters (1816-1916) | BlackPast.org
Feb 12, 2025 - Joseph Winters was born in 1816 in near Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) to James Winters, an African American brickmaker who worked at the federal...
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Dasia Taylor (2004- ) | BlackPast.org
Dec 12, 2024 - Teenage scientist and inventor Dasia Taylor was born on April 6, 2004, in Chicago, Illinois, to LaDonna Phillips. When she was eight, they moved to Madison,...
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https://blackpast.org/in-defense-of-black-history/
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Oct 26, 2025 - We must be ever more vigilant in protecting our histories against distortions, lies, and myths. For nearly two decades, BlackPast.org has been doing precisely...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/hilton-lee-smith-1907-1983/
Hilton Lee Smith (1907-1983) | BlackPast.org
Mar 31, 2025 - Hilton Lee Smith was a right-handed pitcher who played for the Monroe, Louisiana Monarchs and Kansas City Monarchs. Smith was born on February 27, 1907 to...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/love-nat-1854-1921/
Nat Love (1854-1921) | BlackPast.org
Born the son of slaves in Davidson County Tennessee in 1854, Nat Love grew up during the turbulent Civil War and Reconstruction era. Rare for African Americans...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/kansas-city-monarchs-1920-1965/
Kansas City Monarchs (1920-1965) | BlackPast.org
Apr 3, 2025 - The Kansas City (Missouri) Monarchs were the most prominent baseball team to play in the Negro Leagues. Formed in 1920, they were also the longest-running team...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/robert-nobles/
Robert Nobles (? -) | BlackPast.org
Aug 8, 2025 - Dr Robert Nobles is the Vice President for Research Administration at Emory University. His appointment began on December 1, 2019. Prior to that role, he was...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/philander-s-george-1942/
S. George Philander (1942- ) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - Samuel George Harker Philander is Knox Taylor Professor of Geosciences at Princeton University. Born in Caledon, Republic of South Africa on June 25, 1942, he...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/obama-jr-barack-1961/
Barack Obama Jr. (1961- ) | BlackPast.org
Jun 3, 2025 - Barack Hussein Obama made history on January 20, 2009, when he was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, becoming the first African American to...
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Ali Bilow, Author at BlackPast.org
Ali Bilow is an undergraduate student at the University of Washington where she studies history, anthropology, and African studies. She is currently a program...
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Lynchings In The United States Since 1865 | BlackPast.org
Feb 27, 2025 - Explore a list of some of the most influential people and organizations whose work supports STEM knowledge.
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Sponsored Entries | BlackPast.org
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/calhoun-major-general-michael-1954/
Michael Calhoun (1954- ) | BlackPast.org
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/cralle-alfred-l-1866-1920/
Alfred L. Cralle (1866–1920) | BlackPast.org
Nov 24, 2025 - Explore the profile of Alfred L. Cralle, an African American businessman and inventor best known for inventing the ice cream scoop in 1897.
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/roscoe-c-brown-jr-1922-2016/
Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. (1922-2016) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - Tuskegee Airman and later College President Roscoe Conkling Brown, Jr., was born March 9, 1922, in Washington, DC, to Roscoe Conkling Brown Sr., a dentist, and...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/the-lynching-of-joe-coe-1891/
The Lynching of Joe Coe, 1891 | BlackPast.org
Feb 27, 2025 - Joe Coe, whose official name was George Smith, was an African-American man who lived in Omaha, Nebraska. Coe was a married father of two children and worked as...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/cheyney-university-pennsylvania-1837/
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania (1837- ) | BlackPast.org
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, located near Cheyney, Pennsylvania, was founded on February 25, 1837, making it the oldest predominantly African American...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/parker-mack-charles-1936-1959/
Mack Charles Parker (1936-1959) | BlackPast.org
Feb 27, 2025 - The murder of Mack Charles Parker is considered one of the last civil rights era lynchings. On the night of April 24, 1959, a mob abducted Parker from the...
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United States - California Archives | BlackPast.org
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Samuel Burdett (1849-?) | BlackPast.org
Apr 23, 2025 - Samuel Burdett grew up in Kentucky. While still a young man, he joined the Union Army and served as a private for only twenty days before being promoted to...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/st-clair-stephanie-1886-1969/
Stephanie St. Clair (1897–1969) | BlackPast.org
Feb 27, 2025 - Stephanie St. Clair was born in Martinique, an island in the East Caribbean on December 24, 1897 and came to the United States via Marseilles, France. In 1912...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/harris-stowe-university-1857/
Harris-Stowe University (1857- ) | BlackPast.org
Harris-Stowe University is a historically black college in St. Louis, Missouri. It was also the first public teacher education institution west of the...
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https://blackpast.org/global-african-history/dawda-kairaba-jawara-1924-2019/
Dawda Kairaba Jawara (1924-2019) | BlackPast.org
May 16, 2025 - Dawda (David) Jawara was the first Head of State of independent Gambia. He was born on May 16, 1924, at Barajally, MacCarthy Island, The Gambia (then a colony...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/floyd-leroy-williams-1939/
Floyd Leroy Williams (1939- ) | BlackPast.org
Jan 18, 2025 - Mathematician Floyd Leroy Williams was born on September 20, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended his local schools, and in his senior year of high...
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https://blackpast.org/the-commanders-admirals-and-generals/
Black Generals and Admirals in the US Military | BlackPast.org
Jul 16, 2025 - This page lists black commanders in the U.S. military, including African American generals and admirals and their profiles. Explore now.
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Hartford, Connecticut Riot (1969) | BlackPast.org
Mar 3, 2025 - Hartford, Connecticut in the late 1960’s was a city immersed in racial unrest, class disputes, and activism. The city was a dichotomy between the ghetto,...
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STEM in African American History | BlackPast.org
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Gender - Men Archives | BlackPast.org
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/dyer-anti-lynching-bill-1922/
Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill (1922) | BlackPast.org
Feb 27, 2025 - The Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill (hereinafter “Dyer Bill”) refers to a 1922 Congressional effort to pass federal legislation to address and otherwise provide...
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https://blackpast.org/global-african-history/hubert-maga-1916-2000/
Hubert Maga (1916-2000) | BlackPast.org
Apr 25, 2025 - Hubert Maga was the first president of Dahomey (Benin). He was born on August 10, 1916 in Parakou a city in northern Dahomey then a French colony and attended...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/lytle-lutie-1875/
Lutie Lytle (1875-?) | BlackPast.org
Lytle was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee sometime in 1875 to parents John R. and Mary Ann “Mollie” Lytle. The Lytle family, which also included three other...
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https://blackpast.org/global-african-history/mugabe-robert-gabriel-1924/
Robert Gabriel Mugabe (1924-2019) | BlackPast.org
May 21, 2025 - Robert Mugabe led Zimbabwe from its independence in 1980 until he was forced to step down in 2017. He remained in power through his tight control of the...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/shepard-robert-louis-1947/
Robert Louis Shepard (1947- ) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - Robert Louis Shepard, PhD. is an author and chemist. He is best known for opening doors of opportunity for faculty and students in science-related fields at...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/spikes-richard-1878-1965/
Richard Spikes (1878-1965) | BlackPast.org
Feb 13, 2025 - Richard Bowie Spikes was a prolific inventor with eight patents to his name, awarded between 1907 and 1946. Primarily interested in automobile mechanics,...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/larry-r-jordan-1946/
Larry R. Jordan (1946- ) | BlackPast.org
Mar 6, 2025 - Lieutenant General Larry R. Jordan is a former Army officer, former Senior Vice President of Burdeshaw Associates, Ltd., and current Principal of LNJ Group,...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/prosser-gabriel-1775-1800/
Gabriel Prosser (1775-1800) | BlackPast.org
Mar 1, 2025 - Gabriel, who often for the sake of convenience is mistakenly referred to as Prosser, was the leader of an unsuccessful slave revolt in Richmond, Virginia in...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/william-augustus-hinton-1883-1959/
William Augustus Hinton (1883-1959) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - William Augustus Hinton was an American bacteriologist and the first Black Professor at Harvard University. Hinton was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December...
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https://blackpast.org/the-negro-baseball-leagues-1920-1950/
The Negro Baseball Leagues, 1920-1950 | BlackPast.org
Jul 16, 2025 - Learn about the Negro Baseball Leagues, including its history, as well as negro baseball teams, owners, and star players.
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https://blackpast.org/global-african-history/ashitey-trebi-ollennu/
Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu (?- ) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - Dr. Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu is a robotics engineer at NASA, where he has served as the chief engineer and technical group leader for the Jet Propulsion...
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Racial Violence in the United States Since 1526 | BlackPast.org
Jul 16, 2025 - Explore major incidents of racial violence in the United States, spanning early revolts of the enslaved to more recent urban uprisings.
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Caribbean Heads of State | BlackPast.org
Jan 31, 2025 - Learn about Caribbean heads of state, their leadership roles, and contributions to the political and cultural development of Caribbean nations.
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/frederick-mcdonald-massiah-1886-1975/
Frederick McDonald Massiah (1886–1975) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - Frederick McDonald Massiah was one of the first African Americans to receive a civil engineering degree from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/reynolds-melvin-jay-mel-1952/
Melvin Jay “Mel” Reynolds (1952- ) | BlackPast.org
Feb 18, 2025 - Politician, scholar and professor, Mel Reynolds was born on January 8, 1952, in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, to parents J.J. and Essie May Reynolds. Reynolds...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/elam-thomas-harriet-1941/
Harriet Elam-Thomas (1941- ) | BlackPast.org
May 30, 2025 - Harriet Elam-Thomas is a diplomat and professor who served as United States Ambassador to Senegal from 1999 to 2002. She retired in 2005 from the U.S. State...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/lisa-perez-jackson-1962/
Lisa Perez Jackson (1962- ) | BlackPast.org
Mar 7, 2025 - Lisa Perez Jackson, the first African American Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), brings a wealth of experience to that agency. A...
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Multimedia | BlackPast.org
Mar 4, 2025 - Want to contribute an enyclopedia entry or perspective article on BlackPast.org? Here's how to write for us. Explore guidelines and more.
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Thomas Paul Bostick (1956- ) | BlackPast.org
Mar 6, 2025 - Thomas P. Bostick was the 53rd Chief of Engineers of the United States Army and commanding general of the US Army Corps of Engineers. Bostick is the only...
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Adam Arenson, Author at BlackPast.org
Adam Arenson is an assistant professor at the University of Texas at El Paso. He holds an A.B. from Harvard College and a Ph.D. from Yale University. He is a...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/davison-frederic-ellis-1917-1999/
Frederic Ellis Davison (1917-1999) | BlackPast.org
Mar 6, 2025 - As an Army Major General, Frederic Ellis Davison paved the way for many African Americans who became military officers. Through Davison’s decorated career,...
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https://blackpast.org/global-african-history/ariel-henry-1949/
Ariel Henry (1949- ) | BlackPast.org
May 21, 2025 - A neurosurgeon and politician, Ariel Henry was born in Tabarré, Port-au-Prince, Haïti, on November 6, 1949, to Elie Saturné Henry, a lawyer and university...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/titre-lisette-1977/
Lisette Titre (1977- ) | BlackPast.org
Jan 21, 2025 - Lisette Titre is an American video game artist and designer best known for her work as an artist for Electronic Arts. Little is known about her personal life...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/houston-mutiny-1917/
Houston Mutiny of 1917 | BlackPast.org
Mar 7, 2025 - By the time the U.S. entered World War I, black soldiers and white Texas civilians had a history of hostile relations dating back more than fifty years. At...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/robert-scott-ca-1840-1930/
Robert Scott (ca. 1840-~1930) | BlackPast.org
Feb 13, 2025 - Prolific inventor Robert P. Scott was most likely born somewhere between 1840 to 1850. Little information is known about his early life, but it is believed...
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https://blackpast.org/category/global-african-history/primary-documents-global-african-history/
Primary Documents in Global African History Archives | BlackPast.org
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Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity (Boulé): History & Overvie | BlackPast.org
Oct 9, 2025 - Explore the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, also known as the Boulé, the oldest continuously existing Black Greek-letter fraternity in the United States.
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/gardner-chavis-ralph-1922/
Ralph Gardner-Chavis (1922- ) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - Ralph Alexander Gardner, hard plastics pioneer and one of the scientists and technicians who worked on the Manhattan Project which developed the atomic bomb,...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/anderson-lucy-hicks-1886-1954/
Lucy Hicks [Tobias Lawson] Anderson (1886-1954) | BlackPast.org
May 1, 2025 - Lucy Hicks Anderson, American socialite and chef, lived the first 59 years of her life as a woman until 1945, when it was discovered that she was biologically...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/national-society-black-engineers/
National Society of Black Engineers (1975- ) | BlackPast.org
Dec 19, 2024 - Established in 1975 at a national conference held at Purdue University, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) was created to increase the number of...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/carter-w-beverly-1921-1982/
W. Beverly Carter (1921-1982) | BlackPast.org
Feb 25, 2025 - Ambassador William Beverly Carter is the first Ambassador-at-Large, and the second African American, to be appointed an ambassador by three Presidents. In...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/isadore-banks-1895-1954/
Isadore Banks (1895 - 1954) | BlackPast.org
Feb 27, 2025 - Isadore Banks was a 59-year-old African American landowner who disappeared on June 4, 1954. Banks was born on July 15, 1895, in Arkansas. Much of Banks’ early...
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https://blackpast.org/global-african-history/roberts-joseph-jenkins-1809-1876/
Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809–1876) | BlackPast.org
Dec 10, 2025 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts was the first (1848-1856) and seventh (1872-1876) president of Liberia. Roberts was born free in Norfolk, Virginia on March 15, 1809....
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/burroughs-jr-john-andrew-1936-2014/
John Andrew Burroughs, Jr. (1936-2014) | BlackPast.org
Apr 5, 2025 - John Andrew Burroughs Jr. was an equal opportunity advocate and diplomat who was born in Washington, D.C. on July 31, 1936. He spent his youth in Washington,...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/fishburne-lillian-e-1949/
Lillian E. Fishburne (1949- ) | BlackPast.org
Mar 6, 2025 - Lillian E. Fishburne, the first African American woman to become a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, was born on March 25, 1949, in Patuxent River,...
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The Caribbean Capitals | BlackPast.org
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/adams-samuel-clifford-jr-1920-2001/
Samuel Clifford Adams Jr. (1920-2001) | BlackPast.org
Sep 15, 2025 - Samuel Clifford Adams, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Niger, was born in Waco, Texas, on August 15, 1920, to Samuel Clifford Adams and Sarah Catherine (née Roberts)...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/day-ava-speese-1912/
Ava Speese Day (1912-1988) | BlackPast.org
Born in 1912, Ava Speese (Day) traveled with her family in 1915 to homestead in Cherry County, Nebraska. Taking advantage of the Kincaid Homestead Act of 1904,...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/west-virginia-state-university-1891/
West Virginia State University (1891- ) | BlackPast.org
West Virginia State University is one of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) that has undergone a demographic change in its student body...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/lenhardt-alfonso-e-lenhardt-1943/
Alfonso E. Lenhardt (1943- ) | BlackPast.org
Feb 26, 2025 - Alfonso E. Lenhardt is currently Acting Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). He previously served as the U.S....
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/bridgewater-pamela-e-1947/
Pamela E. Bridgewater (1947- ) | BlackPast.org
Feb 26, 2025 - Pamela E. Bridgewater is a career Foreign Service officer who has been recognized for important diplomatic work in South Africa, Ghana, and Liberia. Her most...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/black-baseball-minnesota-pipestone-black-sox/
Black Baseball in Minnesota: The Pipestone Black Sox | BlackPast.org
Mar 7, 2025 - In the following article historian Bruce A. Glasrud follows the exploits of an all black baseball team in the southwestern Minnesota town of Pipestone in the...
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Speeches in Global African History Archives | BlackPast.org
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/clay-william-lacy-jr-1956/
William Lacy Clay Jr. (1956- ) | BlackPast.org
Jul 29, 2025 - William Lacy Clay, Jr. is the son of former Missouri Congressman William L. Clay Sr., and now holds his father’s former seat in the House of Representatives....
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/kamal-al-mansour-1959/
Kamal Al Mansour (1959- ) | BlackPast.org
Feb 14, 2025 - Kamal Al Mansour is an African American artist and inventor who graduated from University of California Los Angeles in 1981 with a degree in Political science....
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Global Concepts Archives | BlackPast.org
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Watts, California (1903- ) | BlackPast.org
Feb 27, 2025 - Watts, one of the most famous neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California, is located approximately seven miles southeast of downtown. Originally part of the...
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https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/chisholm-shirley-1924-2005/
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) | BlackPast.org
Mar 24, 2026 - Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, an advocate for the rights of people of color and for women’s rights, became the first black woman elected to the United...
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