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Tag: African American History & Genealogy

Photo: Thurgood Marshall photographed on 13 June 1967 in the Oval Office. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration; Wikimedia Commons.

Thurgood Marshall Nominated: First Black Supreme Court Justice

By Tony Pettinato on June 15, 2015

An article about President Johnson announcing on 13 June 1967 his nomination of Thurgood Marshall to be the first African American Supreme Court justice... (Read More)

Photo: house at the Nicodemus National Historic Site, Kansas. Credit: National Park Service.

Nicodemus, Kansas: the History of America’s Black Towns

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on October 6, 2014

An article about Nicodemus, Kansas, a historic black town settled by African Americans at the end of Civil War Reconstruction... (Read More)

Illustration: the scales of justice

17 May 1954: Supreme Court Rules against School Segregation

By Tony Pettinato on May 16, 2014

An article about the Supreme Court ruling on 17 May 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional... (Read More)

Photo: Martin Luther King, Jr. Credit: Nobel Foundation; Wikimedia Commons.

46th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination

By Tony Pettinato on April 4, 2014

An article about the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, on 4 April 1968... (Read More)

Portrait: Jarena Lee. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

10 Famous African Americans in 18th & 19th Century History

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on February 27, 2014

An article about 10 famous African Americans in 18th & 19th century American history, based on research in historical newspapers... (Read More)

Photo: Frederick Douglass. Credit: C.M. Battey; Wikimedia Commons.

Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, aka Frederick Douglass

By Scott Phillips on February 20, 2014

An article about Frederick Douglass, an African American abolitionist, reformer, orator, writer, and advocate for the equal rights of all people... (Read More)

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