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…
Black History: Front & Center
The history and importance of historically black colleges and universities
Spelman College (1881) BY JACQUELINE HUBBARD, ASALH, President The overwhelming majority…
Justice Thurgood Marshall: A lion of the law
BY ATTY. JACQUELINE HUBBARD, ASALH President Thoroughgood Marshall was born in Baltimore…
The importance of the Declaration of Independence to African-American liberation
Frederick Douglass called the drafters of the Declaration ‘hypocrites’ for…
Plessy v. Ferguson: The beginning of Jim Crow
By Jacqueline Hubbard After Reconstruction, the United States Supreme Court on May 18,…
The history of black American’s right to vote
President Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr. at the signing of the Voting Rights Act on…
President Ulysses S. Grant: A friend of Reconstruction
The first black senator and representatives in the 41st and 42ndCongress of the United…
Silenced voices: From lynchings of the past to mass incarcerations of today
The lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, 1930 By Jennifer Gamble-Theard To speak of…
Slavery in Virginia during the colonial period
This picture depicts the 20 men and women from Africa arriving on a slave ship and being…
Who needs history?
BY JENNIFER GAMBLE-THEARD, ASALH Historian Why is history important? Some may feel that…
The use of coded language to deny the existence of racism
In an article entitled “The Heartbeat of Racism is Denial,” author Ibrahim X. Kendi…
Black higher education after the Civil War
After Harrison Reed was elected governor of Florida in 1868, he appointed an African…
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…
Black Wall Street: A legacy of success, part 3
The Greenwood District in Tulsa, Okla., grew into the most famous and prosperous black…
Black Wall Street: A legacy of success, part 2
The Greenwood District in Tulsa, Okla., grew into the most famous and prosperous black…
Black Wall Street: A legacy of success, part 1
Black-owned businesses began to evolve as African Americans established social and…
Fort Mose: The first free black settlement in North America
By Jennifer Gamble-Theard Florida has a very special place in African-American history.…
‘Devil in the Grove’ author speaks at ASALH event
BY RAVEN JOY SHONEL, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – The St. Petersburg chapter of The…