From 1911 to 1929, when blacks were moving from the racist south to the north, the Five Points neighborhood in Denver, Colorado was born. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/37346
Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller was a native of Monrovia, Liberia who moved to the states to attend Livingstone College in North Carolina at age 17. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/37282
Murray Dude Ranch in Apple Valley, California was purchased in 1922 by a black couple named Nolie and Lela Murray. The Murrays bought the 40-acre spread for $100. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/37238
Malcolm Burnley, a 22-year old student at Brown University, recently stumbled upon a civil rights artifact lost in time. Burnley discovered the recording of a speech made by civil rights leader Malcolm X. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/37196
Patricia Stephens Due was a civil rights activist who was known to start the “jail-in” protest method. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/37015
The Rufus Buck Gang was a group of black and Creek Indian outlaws who ran through Oklahoma in 1895. The leader of the group, a man named Rufus Buck, had a deep-rooted hatred for white men. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/36972
The Funky Four is a rap group that made music history. They were the first rap group to have a female rapper among its membership and the first of its kind to get signed to a record label, Enjoy Records, in 1979. http://blackhistorymonth.blackamericaweb.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1422:little-known-black-history-fact-the-funky-four-plus-one-more&catid=112:general&Itemid=292 

Daisy Bates is synonymous with the legacy of Arkansas’ Little Rock Nine. One of only three women to later speak at the March on Washington, Bates was the chief advisor and spokesperson for the students who integrated Little Rock’s Central High School. Her city called her the “Lena Horne of Little Rock” because of her […]
Joe Louis Reliford, the “other Joe Louis,” was the youngest baseball player to appear with a white minor league baseball team in 1952. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/36609
Jazz musician John Levy, a National Endowment for the Arts jazz master, was the first black personal manager of major black jazz artists dating back to the 1950s. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/36566
In 1958, a landmark civil rights case involving nine-year-old James Hanover Thompson and seven-year-old David “Fuzzy” Ezzelle Simpson sparked international outrage. The two boys from Monroe, North Carolina were accused of rape after being kissed on the cheek by a white girl in an innocent schoolyard game. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/36528
Christmas of 1951 was anything but a season of peace for Evangeline Moore. And she’s still looking for peace today. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/baw_commentary_news/35772
