The Origins of Black Basketball
Be Woke Presents Black History in Two Minutes (or so) Home Bill Russell; Michael Jordan; LeBron James. Black athletes have at times...
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The Origins of Black Service Organizations
Black contributions in the volunteer and civic space have been around since the Revolutionary War. Out of those spaces came formal o...
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The Movement and Campus Violence
College campuses became integral in the quest for social reform in the 1960s. With large numbers of Black students already present,...
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The Roll Back
America entered a special moment where freedom rang high and many of the promises of the constitution appeared to — in some ways — a...
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The History of Negro League Baseball
Baseball is one of America’s staples that dates back to the 1800s. And while the culture of catchy tunes and snacks are shared from...
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The Woman’s Club Movement
Home Black women have been no stranger to organizing since America’s earliest inception. But it would be during the Reconstruction e...
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The GI Bill of Rights
From the inception of the United States, Black soldiers have answered the call to serve on the front lines. And in 1944, the US gove...
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The Clotilda
In 2019, researchers were able to properly authenticate the last known slave ship to enter the United States illegally. That ship, T...
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The History of Black Farmers
Well before formal legislation was passed, promising freed slaves certain land rights, Black farmers traveled west, exploring, and d...
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The 15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment was a monumental piece of legislation that gave Black men the right to vote. As a result of it, over 2,000 Africa...
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