African American History
Barack Obama’s Second Swearing In Ceremony 2013
Photo by Sonya Hebert
Race and Violence in Washington State: The Report (1969)
The report, Race and Violence in Washington State, published in 1969, was undertaken by the Washington State Commission on the Causes and Prevention...
Southwestern Colored Cowboys Association (1940s-1950s)
The Southwestern Colored Cowboys Association (SCCA) was formed in the late 1940s by black cowboys to create a space for African Americans...
Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr. (1936-2001)
Astrophysicist Arthur Bertram Cuthbert Walker was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 24, 1936, the only child of Cuthbert Walker,...
Gladys Knight (1944- )
Gladys Maria Knight is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, and humanitarian. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on...
SNCC Freedom Singers (1962-1966)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Freedom Singers were a musical group primarily active between 1962 and 1966, singing “freedom songs”...
Gary D. Gayton (1933- )
Attorney and businessman Gary D. Gayton has spent most of his adult life as a civil rights advocate for those...
The Hamburg Massacre (1876)
On July 8, 1876, the small town of Hamburg, South Carolina erupted in violence as the community’s African American militia...
1st Rhode Island Regiment
The 1st Rhode Island Regiment was a Continental Army regiment during the American Revolutionary War. The 1st Rhode Island Regiment...
Matthew MacKenzie “Mack” Robinson (1912-2000)
An exceptional athlete and one of America’s leading sprinters of the 1930s, Matthew Mackenzie “Mack” Robinson, was born in Cairo,...
