At Black Then, we frequently see interesting photos that give us a glimpse into the past. They tend to show us a piece of black history that is often not covered in textbooks, in history classes, or shown in the media. In a photo that we found on Black History Album , we see this great ...

What made cotton so desirable? In the 1790s Americas oldest crops, like tobacco, were depleting farmland and dropping in value. At the same time, the textile industry in Great Britain was exploding, creating enormous international demand for cotton clothing. Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton ...

Key Highlights on Andrew Jackson Smith: Ran away as a slave to join Union Army Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh Corporal in 55th Volunteer Infantry in Massachusetts Received Medal of Honor for actions Andrew Jackson Smith was a Union Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for ...

William G. Allen had a death sentence. He was an educated man and lecturer who fell in love with the daughter of a white minister in upstate New York. The relationship between the two later inspired a story written by author Louisa May Alcott about interracial love. Allen was born in Virginia in ...

William Marable was a recognized author and professor of history and African-American Studies. He founded and directed the Institute for Research in African-American Studies.   Marable wrote the book, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention. A book that has gained a lot of attention and raised a ...

Charlaine Vivian Stringer is probably one of the greatest college basketball coaches to date. Stringer is not only recognized for her skills and leadership on the court but also for her activism as a young girl in high school. While in high school, Stringer sued the school for not allowing her ...

HARMON, LEONARD ROY (1917–1942). Leonard Roy Harmon, posthumous recipient of the Navy Cross and first person of African-American descent after whom a Navy ship was named, was born on January 21, 1917, in Cuero, Texas, to Cornelius and Naunita Mabry (White) Harmon. He graduated from Daule High ...

Key Highlights About Parren James Mitchell: First African American elected to Congress from Maryland Represented Maryland's 7th District Founded the Minority Business Enterprise Founding member of the Black Congressional Caucus As the first African American elected to Congress from ...

by Renata Johnson True lovers of peanuts have only one person to thank for the delicious discovery, and that would be African-American George Washington Carver. Carver was born in 1860, and was a botanist and inventor. He began his formal education at the age of twelve, and in order for him to ...

The night of March 17, 1865, was one of the final battles of the Civil War. It saw Plymouth, NC's Aaron Anderson, a U.S Navy landsman of 53 or 54 display such heroics, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. He served on USS Wyandank which was a part of the Potomac River Flotilla.   ATT...

The 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, led by Colonel Edward Hatch, were pitted against Victorio and his Apache warriors in May 1880. The battle saw the more straightforward U.S. military tactics of Hatch against the guerrilla tactics of Victorio—who also had the terrain advantage and was riding ...