This weekend, in celebration of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic US Marathon Trials in Atlanta, the iconic Olympic cauldron will be lit for the first time in…
Children’s Crusade of 1963, a pivotal event of the Civil Rights Movement, opened the eyes of the nation through the courageous activism of its youngest citizens. …
It’s the last week of February and time for the last installment of the MelaninMindscape Minis Collection (for now). Here we go… Radiant Child: The Story…
Bessie Coleman was an American civil aviator. She was the first woman of African-American descent and the first of Native American descent, to hold a pilot…
7:06AM Ben is watering his garden when Evan pops up on him. That was a bad move, considering that Ben lives in the hood, there’s a…
In 1947 the Paschal brothers, Robert and James, originally from Thomson, Georgia opened Paschal’s Sandwich Shop at 837 West Hunter Street in Atlanta. Located in the black business…
How did a 10 year old girl become one of the richest African Americans of the early 1900’s? Here’s the story… Sarah Rector was born in Indian Territory…
Christopher Columbus did not sail to America by himself. He was accompanied by a crew of navigators who were of African descent. The crew included Pedro…
The Freedmen’s Bureau was established by an act of Congress on March 3, 1865, two months before Confederate General Robert Lee (1807-70) surrendered to the Union’s…
In 1939, McDaniel was widely seen in a film that would mark the highlight of her entertainment career. As Mammy, the house servant of Scarlett O’Hara…