tara5 days ago3 minThis Day in History: Benjamin Franklin’s efforts to end slaveryOn this day in 1775, America’s first abolitionist group is formed. Wait. What? Some of our Founders were trying to end slavery, even...
taraJan 313 minThis Day in History: Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrierOn this day in 1919, a baby boy is born to poor sharecroppers in Georgia. Jack “Jackie” Roosevelt Robinson would go on to become the...
taraJan 263 minThis Day in History: Bessie Coleman, First Licensed Black AviatorOn this day in 1892, Bessie Coleman is born to a poor sharecropping family in Atlanta, Texas. She would later become the first black...
taraSep 9, 20203 minThis Day in History: George Washington’s changing views on slaveryOn this day in 1786, George Washington writes a letter on a difficult topic. His views on slavery had been changing for many years....
taraSep 6, 20203 minThis Day in History: Calvin Spann, Tuskegee AirmanOn this day in 2015, Lt. Calvin J. Spann passes away at the age of 90. Decades earlier, he’d been one of the original members of the...
taraSep 3, 20203 minThis Day in History: Frederick Douglass, slavery, & the ConstitutionOn this day in 1838, Frederick Douglass makes his escape from slavery. He’d been a slave for about two decades, but that life was finally...
taraAug 28, 20203 minThis Day in History: “I have a dream!”On this day in 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. famously delivers his “I have a dream” speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and...
taraJun 12, 20203 minThis Day in History: Benjamin Davis, Sr., the first black man to become an Army generalAt about this time in 1877, a hero is born. Or perhaps Benjamin O. Davis was actually born in May 1880? Davis potentially lied about his...
taraMay 24, 20193 minThis Day in History: The shocking capture of Anthony BurnsOn this day in 1854, a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns is arrested in Boston, in compliance with the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. The...
taraMar 2, 20193 minThis Day in History: Claudette Colvin, predecessor to Rosa ParksOn this day in 1955, a 15-year-old refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks would become famous for the...
taraFeb 12, 20193 minThis Day in History: Olivia J. Hooker, Coast Guard heroineOn this day in 1915, an American heroine is born. Olivia J. Hooker would become the first black woman to serve in the United States Coast...
taraDec 28, 20183 minThis Day in History: Mum Bett fights slavery in MassachusettsOn this day in 1829, Elizabeth Freeman passes away. The woman better known as “Mum Bett” was the first woman to be declared free from...
taraDec 1, 20183 minThis Day in History: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a busOn this day in 1955, Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Fortunately, the unjust...
taraJul 17, 20183 minThis Day in History: One of the women who came before Rosa ParksOn this day in 1944, a black woman refuses to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Greyhound bus in Virginia. No, it wasn’t Rosa...
taraMar 8, 20182 minThis Day in History: Susan B. Anthony testifies before CongressOn this day in 1884, Susan B. Anthony testifies before a House committee. She asks Congress to give women the right to vote. It was the...
taraFeb 4, 20173 minThis Day in History: The 15th Amendment is ratifiedOn this day in 1870, Iowa ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment, thus ensuring that men could vote regardless of race. Women were not included...
