Over a century ago, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded with a resolute mission to secure equal rights and eradicate racial discrimination. Since its inception in 1909, the NAACP has been at the forefront of the battle...
Creation of the Black Lives Matter Movement For centuries, black communities have faced injustice, discrimination and systemic violence. The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many other black people at the hands of the police sparked a...
With incredible bravery and determination, Ellen Craft, a former slave, devised a remarkable plan to escape from bondage and fight for her freedom in the 19th century. Her daring escape, masquerading as a white man traveling with her husband, challenged societal norms...
American history is marked by the struggle for theabolition of slavery, a struggle led by courageous, often forgotten personalities. Sarah Parker Remond is one of them. This African-American woman, born in 1815, dedicated her life to defending the rights of Blacks and...
Harriet Jacobs is an important historical figure who contributed to the fight against slavery and for female emancipation. Born in North Carolina in 1813, she lived as a slave until her escape in 1835. Jacobs went on to write a remarkable book entitled”Incidents...