The Emancipation Oak stands near the entrance of the Hampton University campus and is a lasting symbol of the university’s rich heritage and perseverance. During the…
Historically Black Colleges and Universities have played an important role in the education, empowerment, and success of African-Americans for over 100 years. From the missionaries that…
Constance Baker Motley was a key strategist of the civil rights movement, lawyer, judge, state senator and Borough President of Manhattan, NY City. Constance Baker Motley…
Until the killing of Black men, Black mothers’ sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a White mother’s son—we who…
Season 5 | Episode 2 – “Mid-March 2020” It’s mid-March 2020, and it’s the calm before the storm. This will be the last episode where life…
Born on the island of St. Croix in 1810, William was the son of Danish sugar planter Alexander Leidesdorff and Anna Marie Sparks, a light-skinned woman…
In 1771, fourteen-year-old Denmark Vesey was transported from St. Thomas to Cape Francais by slave trader Captain Joseph Vesey. Upon a return trip to Cape Francais,…
Madison Washington was the leader of the Creole Slave Revolt – one of the most successful slave revolts in history. The Creole was sailing from Hampton,…
Alain Locke was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. Distinguished as the first African American Rhodes Scholar in 1907, Locke was the…
“Where there is no vision, there is no hope.”– George Washington Carver aka “Black Leonardo” Agricultural scientist. Professor. Inventor. Pioneer. What I really want you to…