African american heroes

When Henry Flipper arrived at West Point, there were already three other black cadets attending the famed Military Academy. When it came time for Flipper

In 1969, Black educators and students at Kent State University proposed the month of February to be celebrated as Black History Month. The first ever celebration took place at Kent State University a year later.

While the acts of these unsung heroes of black history may not have caught national media attention, they impacted lives.

Phillis Wheatley, was the first African-American writer to publish a book in the United States.

In honor of Women’s History Month, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about four African American women heroes.

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Learn about Maude Callen, a Quincy, FL native honored in this year's South Carolina African American Calendar.

Robert Smalls (April 5, 1839 – Feb. 23, 1915) Robert Smalls was an African-American born into slavery in Beaufort, S.C., but during and after the American

“By taking down Dunn, they were able to reinforce notions of black inferiority in Louisiana.”