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In May of 1902 the Peace of Vereeniging was signed between Boer forces and the British (putting an end to a set of wars between the two sides). After a few years, the former Boer republics joined with the British territories and, in May of 1910, they formed the Union of South Africa.
The African National Congress was then created, just two years later, in 1912 to respond to the white-run government. Ironically, eight years after this formation, in 1918, Nelson Mandela was also born.
Read MoreKatherine Johnson was born on August 26, 1918 in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia and, by now, you may know that she grew up to be an integral part of the nation's space program as a valuable mathematician in NASA. You may not know about the connection she shares with some members of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
As a child, Katherine Johnson began high school while
Read MoreCharles Young was a Buffalo Soldier, a pioneer in many ways, and one of the most celebrated African-American military men, at the time of his death.
He was born in 1864, in Kentucky, to Gabriel and Arminta Young. Gabriel and Arminta moved to Ripley, Ohio in 1866. Gabriel Young was a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War and Charles grew up admiring his father's military background.
Read MoreWe have to examine our past to determine the impact of current drug policy in order to ensure that these results don't just happen again--while we stand by and watch.
Since the 1980s no single issue has struck at the heart of the struggles of Black America quite like the "War on Drugs" has.
Let me first state that the majority of black, white and Hispanic people in America do not use illicit drugs and if they do, they do so AT THE SAME RATES
Read MoreGarrett Morgan was born around 1877 in Paris, Kentucky. He did not receive a formal education beyond a several-year period of time when he was living with his parents. He later hired a tutor, for himself, after he left his parents' home. He eventually moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1895 where he became an entrepreneur, an inventor, the founder of a local newspaper, and a community leader.
When he moved to Cleveland he got a job as a machinist in a textile factory. He and his wife then opened up a shirtwaist company, shirtwaist was a style of women's clothing (a long shirt) that was popular at the time.
Read MoreIn September of 1900 Ida B. Wells stopped the project she was working on to report on the outrageous actions that took place in New Orleans in July of that year. Robert Charles was an African-American man who had an encounter with police, while sitting on the steps of a building with his friend, one night. In that encounter shots were fired and Charles wounded one of the police officers. Over the ensuing days...
Read MoreMany people did the work that helped make the country function--people who were not given the respect and remembrance they were due.
Paul Jennings was born in 1799...enslaved to James and Dolley Madison, in Virginia.
In 1808 James Madison was elected President of the United States and Paul Jennings, still a boy, moved to the White House with Dolley and James Madison.
Read MoreOne of the most famous challenges to slavery took place at the home of an African-American man named, William Parker. On September 11, 1851, Edward Gorsuch showed up at Parker’s home. Gorsuch was seeking several escaped men whom he believed were being sheltered at Parker’s house. William Parker was, himself, a person who escaped from slavery and settled in the Lancaster area of Pennsylvania (near Christiana).
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