Tag: Black History Fact

February 27, 2024

The Compromise of 1877 led to the establishment of Jim Crow segregation and discrimination. In an effort to stop Reconstruction-era…

February 26, 2024

The 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage For Freedom convened in Washington, DC, as a demonstration against the South's refusal to comply with…

February 24, 2024

In 1863, Daniel Alexander Payne became the first black president of a U.S. college. Click the link to learn more.

February 23, 2024

Brad Lomax was a disability rights advocate whose leadership was instrumental in ensuring the accessibility of public spaces for people…

February 22, 2024

Test your knowledge! Take our "Last One Standing" Black History Trivia Quiz. No Googling or surfing the web! Click the…

February 21, 2024

The environmental injustice plaguing the predominately Black and Latinx residents of Pahokee, Florida, is alarming and brings us to the…

February 20, 2024

Did you know that Black men experience prostate cancer at a disproportionately high rate? They are 70% more likely to…

February 19, 2024

Vernice Armour is the first Black Female combat pilot in the U.S. In 2003 she flew two combat tours in…

February 18, 2024

Harriet Scott, along with her husband Dred Scott, challenged the courts to gain their freedom in 1846. Harriet Scott filed…

February 17, 2024

Wysinger v. Crookshank is the first case in California that ruled against school segregation. More than 60 years later, the…