Black leaders have been vital to making America strong.
Safe childbirth for Black women in the early 20th century was possible but not guaranteed. Hospitals that accepted Black patients were rare, and any doctors who might help were often […]
Midwife in Georgia Improved Birth Rates for Black Women Read More »
Jackie Robinson was the first Black major league baseball player, but he was almost prevented from getting to his first spring training in 1946. In 1945, Branch Rickey, general
Jackie Robinson: Barred from Flying to First Spring Training Read More »
As a Mississippi resident, Fannie Lou Hamer was not informed that Black people had the right to vote in the United States until she was almost 42 years old (1960).
Voting Rights Advocate Fannie Lou Hamer Read More »
In 1925, physician Ossian Sweet had enough money to buy a bungalow for his wife and young daughter in a working class section of Detroit. When the Sweets—a Black family–moved
Ossian Sweet Denied Right to His Home, 1925 Read More »
Dorothy Dandridge (1922-1965) could sing and dance with the best of them. Though her marriage to Harold Nicholas was brief, she could more than hold her own on stage with
Dorothy Dandridge, First Black Nominated for Best Actress Oscar Read More »
William H. Carney, a former slave, was bought out of slavery as a boy and sent north. When the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment formed for Black soldiers in 1863, he
Sgt. William Carney, Former Slave and Medal of Honor Recipient Read More »
