He was the first Black Japanese Samurai in history and he was essentially one of the ‘Right Hand Men’ of the war lord of 16th century Japan: Oda Nobunaga.
Yasuke (彌介) is what they called him, we are not too sure of his actual nam ...
Posted Wednesday, March 21st 2018 at 5:29PM
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James Samuel Watson (1882–1952) was one of the first two Black Americans elected as a judge in New York City.
James S. Watson was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica on May 29, 1882. His father, James Michael Watson, was a Sergeant in the Jamaica C ...
Posted Wednesday, March 21st 2018 at 5:25PM
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Black horsemen played a vital role in shaping early American turf history, and the Kentucky Derby is no exception. The history of the Kentucky Derby and African-American horsemen are intertwined. The Derby and Churchill Downs owe a great deal to thes ...
Posted Wednesday, March 21st 2018 at 8:59AM
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The Groveland Four (or the Groveland Boys) were four young African-American men: Earnest Thomas, Charles Greenlee, Samuel Shepherd and Walter Irvin, who were accused of raping a 17-year-old white woman in Lake County, Florida, USA, in 1948. Thomas wa ...
Posted Tuesday, March 20th 2018 at 6:57PM
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Roger Arliner Young (1889-1964) was born in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania in 1889, was the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in zoology and to conduct research at the prestigious Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Young conducted ...
Posted Tuesday, March 20th 2018 at 12:09PM
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Ella Baker (1903–1986) Ella Baker spent her life working behind the scenes to organize the Civil Rights Movement. If she could have changed anything about the movement, it might have been to persuade the men leading it that they, too, should do mor ...
Posted Tuesday, March 20th 2018 at 11:51AM
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Rosemary Brown
She has the distinction of being the first black woman in Canada to be elected to public office. She was elected to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly in 1972 and served in the provincial legislature until 1986. She was also ...
Posted Monday, March 19th 2018 at 5:31PM
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The Golden Thirteen were the thirteen African American enlisted men who became the first African American commissioned and warrant officers in the United States Navy.
Throughout the history of the United States until the end of World War I, the Na ...
Posted Monday, March 19th 2018 at 11:27AM
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Prince Hall is recognized as the founder of Black Freemasonry in America. The Freemasons are a society of secrets, but there is one secret all should know about the founder of Black Freemasonry in America and his mission to get Back to Africa.
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Posted Sunday, March 18th 2018 at 11:02AM
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Edwin B Henderson is considered the "Father of Black Basketball" introducing the game to the African American community. The Smart Set Athletic Club of Brooklyn, NY was the first black independently owned basketball team and also added entertainment ...
Posted Saturday, March 17th 2018 at 5:12PM
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