Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells was born into slavery in Mississippi on July 16, 1862, less than a year before the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 freed enslaved people. After moving to Tennessee […]
Black History Month
Ida B. Wells was born into slavery in Mississippi on July 16, 1862, less than a year before the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 freed enslaved people. After moving to Tennessee […]
Harriet Tubman You might know her as a conductor for the Underground Railroad. She was also a spy. Harriet Tubman cautiously watched the shore from one of three gunboats on
Isabella Bomfree felt so strongly about speaking out about what was right that she changed her name—to Sojourner Truth. Bomfree was born an enslaved person in New York State around
Rosa Parks stood up for African Americans—by sitting down. Although Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation granted slaves their freedom, for many years Black people were discriminated against in much of
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 1817 or 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery
Mae Jemison isn’t just the first African American woman who orbited into space aboard the shuttle Endeavour. She’s also a physician, teacher, and Peace Corps volunteer; after her work with NASA,
Bridges probably had no idea that the bold act she committed in 1960 would set off a chain reaction leading to the integration of schools in the South. She was
Born on November 30, 1924, Shirley Chisholm was the first African-American woman to serve in the United States Congress. An early education expert from New York City, Chisholm began working with local
The skies had never seen a pilot like Bessie Coleman before. She was the first African-American woman to obtain an international pilot’s license, soaring to new heights that Black people
Jackie Robinson, byname of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, (born January 31, 1919, Cairo, Georgia, U.S.—died October 24, 1972, Stamford, Connecticut), the first Black baseball player to play in the American major leagues during the 20th century.