The president of Harvard made an unjust decision in 1890, against his own directives, that silently smoothed the path for multitudes of much worse injustices to come – injustices that tore through the ...

The Pythian Temple of Alabama was the first Black-owned bank in the state and eventually the second-largest Black bank in the ...

An emotional General Assembly gathering to remember the 100 Black Virginians served in the Virginia General Assembly from the late 1870s to 1890 and in the 1867 constitutional convention.

“Historically, when African Americans could not stay anywhere else, they stayed at that motel,” she said. It’s estimated the building was constructed sometime between 1890 and 1920. It was formerly an ...

Fletcher was well known across the Magic City. He was hired as a letter carrier in 1892, the first African American to work ...

The month grew from “Douglass Day,” which was observed in the 1890s on Feb. 14 — the ... of Nation” helped fuel violence against African Americans, he said. The scholarship of Mr. Woodson ...

It’s estimated the building was constructed sometime between 1890 and 1920 ... connected to a time in the American South when segregation was practiced. Since African Americans could not ...

When he was asked to move to the car for African Americans, he refused and was arrested. Plessy was the perfect test case of the state’s Separate Car Act of 1890 because of Plessy’s mixed-race ...

Florida is a fascinating, beautiful, and sweltering state. It’s a prime location for beaches and holidays. But it is also a ...

The Mississippi Constitution of 1890 overturned the previous constitution that provided African Americans with equal rights. Before 1890, Black Mississippians voted and served in elected office, ...