The time was around 2:00 on a Saturday in September of 1958. Al Howard, a police officer in Harlem, and...
Robert Francis Flemming Jr. (July 1839 – February 23, 1919) was an African-American inventor and Civil War Union sailor. He was the first member of the...
He was a former slave turned coal magnate, churchman turned philanthropist, and wealthy Ohioan. In fact, at the time of his death, Robert Gordon was described...
If you have a manual push mower today, it most likely incorporates design elements from black American inventor John Albert Burr’s patented rotary blade lawnmower from...
His device is widely used at home to improve the viewing experience of television, and while many people may not be familiar with Dr. Joseph N....
Slave rebellions and protests were not assisting enslaved Africans in America in gaining their freedom, so they devised more forceful methods of obtaining their freedom. It...
In 1796, Ona Judge, a 22-year-old slave woman, fled President George Washington’s household for a life of liberty in New Hampshire. George Washington inherited 10 slaves...
The American League of Colored Laborers (ALCL) was the first black labor union in the United States. It was founded in 1850 in New York City...
The African Insurance Company was founded in 1810, with headquarters at 159 Lombard Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the country’s first African American-owned insurance company....
The first significant black landowner in the English colonies was Anthony Johnson. Johnson landed on board the a ship named ‘James’ in Virginia in 1621. Early records...
