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Cockstock Affair (1844)

The Cockstock Affair is argued to be the justification that white settlers used to install Oregon’s exclusion laws against African Americans in the 1840s. As the details of the Affair have been widely debated, there are different ways of interpreting the events, causes, and outcomes. That being said, … Read More … Read MoreCockstock Affair (1844)

Oak Hill, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (1920-1950)

The Oak Hill neighborhood of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, had in the first decade of the 20th Century been the residence of well-to-do white families.  Over the next two decades it was transformed from the addresses of the affluent into a working class neighborhood. During the … Read More … Read MoreOak Hill, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (1920-1950)

St. Philips Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (1822- )

St. Philips Moravian Church is the oldest continuously operating black church in North Carolina. St. Philips is also the only historically black Moravian church in the United States. The Moravians were a Christian sect established by immigrants from the Moravia region of what is now … Read More … Read MoreSt. Philips Moravian Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (1822- )

Cincinnati Race Riots (1836)

Fewer than half of Cincinnati, Ohio’s Black population remained in the city after the 1829 white riots. Most had left. Many of the 1,100 who stayed were unusually poor, unable to finance emigration to safer places such as surrounding towns, farther west, or to Canada. The small black … Read More … Read MoreCincinnati Race Riots (1836)

The New Mexico Territory Slave Code (1859-1862)

Slavery in New Mexico Territory was never focused on black bondage as in the Southern states. New Mexico Territory never had more than a dozen or so black slaves because it had other forms sources of coerced labor, both Native American indentured servants and slaves, … Read More … Read MoreThe New Mexico Territory Slave Code (1859-1862)

Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)

On June 1, 1956, all NAACP offices in Alabama were forced to close, as a result of Attorney General John Patterson’s nine-year injunction against the civil rights organization. This left a void in local civil rights leadership and a desperate need for a new group … Read More … Read MoreAlabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)

Mount Zion United Methodist Church (1816- )

Founded in 1816, Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, the oldest continuously operating African American church in Washington DC, is located at 1334 29th Street NW. The Georgetown community where the church now sits, was a central port for slave and tobacco trading in the early … Read More … Read MoreMount Zion United Methodist Church (1816- )