In Blandair Regional Park, there's a building that used to be the home of enslaved African Americans that was first built in ...
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — William Nesbit, an African American man who moved to Blair County in the mid-1800s was instrumental in ...
Before 1800, free African American men had nominal rights of citizenship. In some places they could vote, serve on juries, and work in skilled trades. But as the need to justify slavery grew ...
Andrew Henry Samuels also became a pastor and a strong proponent of education in Shreveport’s African American community.
The term “Buffalo Soldiers” was a nickname given to African American Soldiers who served in the United States Army in the west after the civil war. They were the topic of discussion today for Pocomoke ...
Mirtha Donastorg looked at how companies like Atlanta Life Insurance descended from the mutual aid and benevolence tradition among freed and enslaved African Americans in the 1800s to become a ...