In a distressing series of events, a Black teenager and his family were forced to relocate from Wayne, Nebraska, after enduring relentless racial harassment...
1904 Olympic marathon participants Len Tau (left) and Jan Mashiani of South Africa. Missouri History Museum
by Francois Cleophas, Stellenbosch University
Who were the first Africans...
More than half of Detroiters rent Detroit’s aging housing stock. Suzanne Tucker/Getty Images
by Roshanak Mehdipanah, University of Michigan; Kate Brantley, University of Michigan, and...
GARRETT A. MORGAN
FEBRUARY 28
1708—One of the first recorded slave revolts in American history takes place on Newton, Long Island (New York). Seven Whites...
by Joshua F.J. Inwood, Penn State and Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee
When historian Carter Woodson created “Negro History Week” in 1926, which became...
This Jan. 26, 1965 file photo shows Mildred Loving and her husband Richard P Loving. (AP Photo, File)
SEPTEMBER 20
1664—Maryland enacts the nation’s first...
One of the last three living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre just turned 109.
On Wednesday (May 10), Viola "Mother" Fletcher celebrated her...
