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Migrations: From Exodusters to Great Migrations
With the formal ending of slavery in place, many freed black people saw this as an opportunity to start anew. But, for those in the...
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Fort Mose: The First All-Black Settlement in the U.S.
As European countries battled to claim territories in America, the Spanish state — which is now known as Florida — became a haven f...
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The Civil War & Emancipation
Be Woke Presents Black History in Two Minutes (or so) In 1861, the south’s threats of seceding the union led to the start of the Civ...
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Robert Smalls: A Slave Who Sailed Himself to Freedom….
….became a War Hero, and Served as a U.S. Congressman Robert Smalls was born into slavery and pushed into fighting for the Con...
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Oscar Micheaux: The First Black Indie Filmmaker
Transitioning from job to job as a teenager, Oscar Micheaux was able to write a story that was inspired by his experience on a farm....
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Freedman’s Bank | Black History in Two Minutes (or so)
In 1865, after the north won the Civil War, the government opened the Freedman’s Bank. This institution was geared towards nearly fo...
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School Integration
The landmark case Brown v. Board of Education declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. However, for...
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Second Middle Passage
As the United States began to expand, the demand for cotton led to an increase of slave trades in the country. Eager to capitalize,...
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Mamie Till Mobley
The lynching of Emmett Till in 1955 became a pivotal point for race relations in the United States. Instead of sitting by silently,...
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The Harlem Hellfighters of World War I
After years of requesting an all-black unit in the National Guard, the governor of New York finally put the order into place. In Jan...
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