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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.
The National League For The Protection of Colored Women: Advocates On Assignment
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The National League For The Protection of Colored Women was founded by S.W. Layton and Frances Kellor to assist black…
Amanirenas: The Kushite Queen Who Defied Rome
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Queen Amanirenas was a fierce African military leader who defended Kush (modern-day Sudan) against Roman conquest. Even with her husband…
How The Flawed Focus On Building Prisons According To Reading Scores Is Harming Black Children
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The focus on using 3rd-grade reading levels to predict future prison needs is based on flawed assumptions and overlooks critical…
Sara Jane Woodson Early: 1st African American Female College Professor
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Black History: Special Delivery!! Sarah Jane Early Woodson (1825 – 1907) was the first African American woman to be a…
Tuesday Trivia: Answer
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Black History: Special Delivery!! Which fact about African American Abolitionist Frederick Douglass is NOT true? He was a US Marshal His…
Rare Picture of The Sphinx
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Black History: Special Delivery!! Rare picture of the Sphinx before the noses were severed off!
Martin Luther King, Jr. Quote
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Black History: Special Delivery!! Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciousness stupidity. -Dr. Martin Luther…
Tuesday Trivia: Test Your Knowledge
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Black History: Special Delivery!! Which fact about African American Abolitionist Frederick Douglass is NOT true? He was a US Marshal His…
Guess Who?
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Black History: Special Delivery!! Which civil rights activist is featured with her husband in this photo?
The Medical & Surgical Observer: The First Medical Journal Focused on African American Health Care
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Black History: Special Delivery!! On December 1, 1892, Dr. Miles V. Lynk (1851-1957) founded the first national medical journal for…
W.E.B. DuBois Quote: “The COST of liberty is LESS THAN the price of repression.”
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Black Violin: The Dynamic Duo of Hip Hop & Classical Music
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Black History: Special Delivery!! Kevin Marcus and Will Baptiste are the duo that is, “Black Violin”. The two first met…