Little Known Black History Fact: The Triple Nickles

In Camp Mackall, North Carolina the first all-black parachute Infantry platoon was activated on November 25,1944. They would be called…
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Little Known Black History Fact: John Punch

President Barack Obama’s family lineage has supposedly been linked to the very first slave in the United States. Ironically, the…
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Little Known Black History Fact: The Oldest Black…

On display at the convention for the United Federation of Doll Clubs this year are African-American dolls that were made…
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Little Known Black History Fact: Black Herman

Benjamin Rucker, a.k.a. “Black Herman” was a groundbreaking and prominent African-American magician in the early 1900’s. He got his start…
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Little Known Black History Fact: Nicodemus, Kansas

Nicodemus, Kansas is a small community in north central Kansas, named after an escaped slave who bought his way to…
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Little Known Black History Fact: Herb Douglas

Ninety-year old former athlete, Herb Douglas, is the oldest living African-American olympic medalist. Douglas was part of the 1948 London…
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Little Known Black History Fact: The Evening and…

The Evening and the Morning Star was the name given to an early publication of the Latter Day Saints religion…
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Little Known Black History Fact: Juneteenth Celebration

Today, June 19th, marks the Juneteenth holiday, which celebrates the day in 1865 that slaves in Galveston, Texas found out…
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Little Known Black History Fact: Natasha Tretheway

African-American author Natasha Tretheway has been named Poet Laureate of the United States. The Pulitzer-Prize winner and Professor at Emory…
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Little Known Black History Fact: Wesley Brown

Commander Wesley Brown became the first black Naval Academy graduate on June 3, 1949. Brown, who served in WWII, the…
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Little Known Black History Fact: Charles Adolphus Williams

Charles Adolphus Williams was not only one of the first black British professional football players but he was Britain’s first…
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Little Known Black History Fact: The Tuskegee Experiment…

The Tuskegee Syphilis study was one of the most notorious biomedical experiments in U.S. history. In 1972, forty years ago,…
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Little Known Black History Fact: Jim Crow Museum…

On April 26th at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan, a black collector of antiques named David Pilgrim will…
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Little Known Black History Fact: Manning Marable

Manning Marable was a legendary author of the long-awaited biography called, “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.” The historian has…
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Little-Known Black History Fact: Clara Brown

Aunt Clara Brown was believed to be the first black woman on the Colorado Gold Rush trail. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/37818
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Little-Known Black History Fact: Tubman National Parks

The U.S. Senate is currently holding a bill that will create two major parks in Maryland and New York that…
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