The political resilience of the Black-owned bookstore
By Char Adams Feb 6, 2020 When he wasn’t helping some 600 slaves escape through the Underground Railroad, David Ruggles…
Wilmington’s Lie and Loss Of Black Representatives
For the next 28 years after George H. White left office in 1901, there would not be another African-American in…
Meet Our Ancestor, A Great Black Electrical Engineer Who Owned More Than 60 Patents
Meet the First Black Electrical Engineer Who Owned More Than 60 Patents Granville Tailer Woods was the first African-American to…
Meet the Former Enslaved Ancestor Turned Real Estate Investor And Business Owner
Clara Brown was a pioneer, a community leader, a philanthropist, and the first African American woman to live in Denver,…
This Little Known Fact About Black Giving Might Be Surprising
Maryann Reid Blacks give 25% more of their income annually than white households, according to a report by the W.K.…
The Great Land Robbery: The shameful story of how 1 million black families have been ripped from their farms
Vann R. Newkirk III September 2019 I. Wiped Out “You ever chop before?” Willena Scott-White was testing me. I sat…
Why Are So Many Black Families Losing Their Land?
Lizzie Presser 17 Jul 2019 Mansions on land once owned by Freeman’s family. The Reels brothers spent eight years in…
AU Ambassador Tells African Americans To ‘Come Home’ And Build
Written by Peter Pedroncelli Jul 05, 2019 Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, African Union ambassador to the U.S., has called on African…
The birthplace of American slavery debated abolishing it after Nat Turner’s bloody revolt
By Gregory S. Schneider June 1 The first thing white people did after Nat Turner’s violent slave insurrection in 1831…
The Storied History of the Black Press: ‘The Pillars of Black America’s Struggle for Justice’
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Since the founding of the Black Press 192 years ago, African American-owned…