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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.

Georgia Infirmary: First Hospital For African Americans

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Black History:  Special Delivery!! The Georgia Infirmary, chartered on December 24, 1832, was the first hospital for African Americans built…

Hazel Johnson-Brown: 1st African American Woman Brigadier General

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Black History:  Special Delivery!! Born in 1927, Hazel Johnson-Brown was the first African-American woman to be a Brigadier General in…