African American History

Moses Williams entered the world on October 10th, 1845 in Carrolton, Louisiana. Like the thousands of other African Americans in

Henry Cele (20 June 1941 – 2 December 2007) was a South African actor noted for his portrayal of the

The people of Nicodemus liked to celebrate during the 1880’s. Holidays included Emancipation Day (August 1) and the day the

At the dawn of the twentieth century, the greatest black woman writer was Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Yes, exactly.  Who?  And

By Monique Gooch GALLATIN, TN — The first African American volunteers to fight in the Civil War in Tennessee enlisted

Anna Julia Haywood Cooper was a writer, teacher, and activist who championed education for African Americans and women. Born into

Private Cathay Williams was the only woman to serve in the US Army as a Buffalo Soldier. On November 15,

“Now is Our Time to Strike” During the celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863 at Fort Scott,

With his great ballooning cheeks and trademark trumpet’s bell upturned at a 45-degree angle, Dizzy Gillespie easily has the most

Thomas Fuller, often called “the Virginia Calculator,” was born in 1710, somewhere between the “Slave Coast” of West Africa (present-day