From Reconstruction Amendments to the present day pursuit of democracy
In 1944, the Detroit chapter of the NAACP held a mock-funeral for Jim Crow BY JENNIFER GAMBLE-THEARD, ASALH Historian The United States Constitution, …
The history and importance of historically black colleges and universities
Spelman College (1881) BY JACQUELINE HUBBARD, ASALH, President The overwhelming majority of colleges for African Americans were established after the Civil …
Justice Thurgood Marshall: A lion of the law
BY ATTY. JACQUELINE HUBBARD, ASALH President Thoroughgood Marshall was born in Baltimore in 1908 and was the descendant of slaves on both sides of his family. …
Plessy v. Ferguson: The beginning of Jim Crow
By Jacqueline Hubbard After Reconstruction, the United States Supreme Court on May 18, 1896, issued an opinion in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. Most …
President Ulysses S. Grant: A friend of Reconstruction
The first black senator and representatives in the 41st and 42ndCongress of the United States: Sen. Hiram Revels(R-MS), Rep. Benjamin S. Turner (R-AL), Robert …
Silenced voices: From lynchings of the past to mass incarcerations of toda
The lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, 1930 By Jennifer Gamble-Theard To speak of lynchings and incarcerations of African Americans may seem a …
Voting restrictions upheld by Supreme Court
BY Attorney Jacqueline Hubbard, ASALH President The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other organizations filed a lawsuit challenging Ohio’s …
Who needs history?
BY JENNIFER GAMBLE-THEARD, ASALH Historian Why is history important? Some may feel that history does not serve any useful purposes. Perhaps an attitude about …
Black higher education after the Civil War
In “From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans,” initially published in 1947, John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., examined the …
The 54th Colored Volunteer Infantry of Massachusetts: Heroes of the Civil War
The 54th Colored Volunteer Massachusetts Regiment was one of the first official black units in the U.S. armed forces, authorized in 1863. This all-black …
Black Wall Street: A legacy of success, part 3
The Greenwood District in Tulsa, Okla., grew into the most famous and prosperous black urban community in the United States from 1889 through 1921. It became a …
ASALH 4th annual celebration of black history
BY FRANK DROUZAS, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG –Last month, the St. Petersburg Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, …
Celebrating Black History Month with ASALH
By Jennifer Gamble-Theard Black history month is a time when people of African ancestry can come together in memory of our rich past. During the month of …
ASALH celebrates black history
BY RAVEN JOY SHONEL, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – Cultural anthropologist and filmmaker Dr. Sheila Walker, Ph.D. headlined the Association for the Study of …
And justice for all: The case of Michael Morgan
Michael Morgan with his mom, Vel Thompson BY JOYCE NANETTE JOHNSON, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG — The St. Petersburg Branch of the Association for …
‘Veterans of Color’ film screening Nov. 5 at Johnson Community Library
ST. PETERSBURG – The James Weldon Johnson Community Library, 1059 18th Ave. S, presents a screening and discussion of the film Veterans of …
NAAMHC: A masterpiece long overdue
BY ALLEN A. BUCHANAN, JACQUELINE HUBBARD & FRANK WELLS ST. PETERSBURG – The St. Pete branch president of the Association for the Study of African …
The road to Gambia
BY FRANK DROUZAS, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG — The St. Pete chapter of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) …