Groups & Organizations in African American History
Tuskegee Airmen
Courtesy of the U.S. Airforce
A.M.E. Christian Recorder (1848- )
Since its inception in 1848, The Christian Recorder, initially known as The Christian Herald, has served as an essential faith-based...
Safe Bus Company (1926-1972)
The Safe Bus Company was a Black-owned transportation company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, operating from 1926 to 1972. It...
St. John The Baptist Church (1869- )
St. John the Baptist Church was founded on the edge of a sugarcane plantation where generations of African slaves worked,...
Alpha Phi Alpha World Policy Council (1996- )
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. founded in 1906 on the campus of campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York,...
Colored Farmers’ National Alliance and Cooperative Union (1886-1891)
The Colored Farmers’ National Alliance and Cooperative Union was established by a small group of Black farmers on December 11,...
Freedom House Ambulance Service (1967-1975)
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was an emergency medical service (EMS) founded in 1967 to provide medical services to the...
The Wiley Debate Team (1924- )
The Wiley debate team’s history goes back to 1924 when Melvin Beaunorus Tolson took a job teaching English and speech...
The Golden 14 (1918-1919)
The Golden 14 were the first Black women to muster into the United States Navy. First recognized by scholar Kelly...
5th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment (1864-1865)
The 5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry was a Union Army cavalry regiment during the Civil War. The cavalry regiment...
