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Launched in 2015, Black Mail is your source for lesser-known black history facts. We celebrate history makers, movements, and moments that have shaped our world.
Vernice Armour: The First African American Female Military Combat Pilot
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Vernice Armour is the first Black Female combat pilot in the U.S. In 2003 she flew two combat tours in…
Harriet Robinson Scott: A Trailblazer In The Fight For Freedom
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Harriet Scott, along with her husband Dred Scott, challenged the courts to gain their freedom in 1846. Harriet Scott filed…
Integration Ruled Illegal: Berea College v. Kentucky Supreme Court Case
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Black History: Special Delivery!! Some may be familiar with the Plessey v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision that made “segregation” of…
Angela Davis Quote
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Charlie Wiggins: Pioneer of Race Car Driving
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Black History: Special Delivery!! Charlie Wiggins was born in 1897 in Evansville, Indiana. He spent his youth shining shoes on in front of…
C.R. Patterson Auto Company; 1st Black Owned Auto Company
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Black Mail: Special Delivery!! Born into slavery on a West Virginia plantation in April 1833, C.R. Patterson escaped to…
Malcom X Quote
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Albert Cleage: Founder The Shrine of The Black Madonna
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Black History: Special Delivery!! Rev. Albert B. Cleage 1911-2000 (later changed his name to Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman) was a theologian,…
Dr. Charles H. Wright: Physician With A Passion for African American History
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Black History: Special Delivery!! Dr. Charles Howard Wright (1918 – 2002) was an African-American physician. He founded the Charles H.…
1963 Walk To Freedom: 1st Time “I Have A Dream Speech” Shared By MLK
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MLK first shared his historic, "I Have A Dream Speech" in Detroit, MI in 1963. Click the link to learn…
WGPR/Channel 62 – 1st African American Owned TV Station In The U.S.
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Black History: Special Delivery!! In 1961, Dr. William V. Banks, took a lead role when the International Free and Accepted Modern Masons bought…
Geraldine Bledsoe Ford: 1st African American Woman To Be Elected As A Judge
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Black Mail: Special Delivery!! Born in 1928, Geraldine Bledsoe-Ford was the first African-American to be elected as a judge in…