This Day in History: The Tuskegee Airmen's first aerial combat
On this day in 1943, the Tuskegee Airmen of the 99th Fighter Squadron engage in aerial combat for the first time. “The Tuskegee Airmen...
This Day in History: The Tuskegee Airmen's first aerial combat
This Day in History: Claudette Colvin, predecessor to Rosa Parks
This Day in History: Olivia J. Hooker, Coast Guard heroine
This Day in History: Mum Bett fights slavery in Massachusetts
This Day in History: Doris Miller, an “improbable American hero”
This Day in History: Calvin Spann, Tuskegee Airman
This Day in History: Frederick Douglass, slavery, & the Constitution
This Day in History: “I have a dream!”
This Day in History: One of the women who came before Rosa Parks
This Day in History: The origins of Juneteenth
This Day in History: Benjamin Franklin’s efforts to end slavery
This Day in History: Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier
This Day in History: Bessie Coleman, First Licensed Black Aviator
This Day in History: George Washington’s changing views on slavery
This Day in History: Benjamin Davis, Sr., the first black man to become an Army general
This Day in History: The shocking capture of Anthony Burns
This Day in History: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus
This Day in History: The 15th Amendment is ratified