[…] American history or the history of people of African ancestry anywhere in the world. The BlackPast.org staff will evaluate your nomination to determine its suitability for this page. Please send your nominations to [email protected]. Here are the current YouTube videos on BlackPast.org African American […] … Read MoreYouTube Features on BlackPast.org
In the article below independent historian Kyle Haddad-Fonda describes the Asian-African Conference popularly known as the Bandung Conference which was the first significant gathering of independent and soon-to-be independent nations in Asia and Africa. From April 18 to April 24, 1955, delegates from twenty-nine […] … Read MoreThe Asian-African (Bandung) Conference: Fact and Fiction
[…] lived with renowned African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar while attending Howard University Law School. He also briefly worked at the Justice Department. Upon his return to Missouri, Phillips became an active attorney and political figure in St. Louis. In 1922, he was given […] … Read MoreHomer G. Phillips (1880-1931)
[…] Water,” a significant Acapella hit that gave the Soul Stirrers even more notoriety. Cooke remained with the group until 1956 when he decided to pursue a career in Rhythm and Blues. Cooke was replaced by Johnnie H. Taylor who eventually left to pursue his […] … Read MoreThe Soul Stirrers (1926-1990)
Louis Delgres, born in Martinique on August 2, 1766, was one of the most important figures in the fight against slavery in the French Caribbean colonies. The child of an inter-racial couple—Elisabeth Morin, black, and Louis Delgres, white—he quickly entered the military in 1783 at the age of […] … Read MoreLouis Delgres (1766-1802)
[…] months later to sing in the main auditorium on a benefit for the World’s Fair Colored Opera Company, at which Frederick Douglass delivered an introductory address. Black social causes frequently found a platform at Carnegie Hall during its first half century. Booker T. Washington […] … Read MoreFrom Opera, Minstrelsy and Ragtime to Social Justice: An Overview of African American Performers at Carnegie Hall, 1892-1943
[…] the segregated American South, Jordan attended David T. Howard High School, where he graduated with honors in 1953. Upon graduation Jordan entered DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where he was the only African American in his class. A gifted athlete, Jordan excelled at basketball […] … Read MoreVernon E. Jordan (1935-2021)
[…] French merchant named Louis Roudanez and a black woman named Aimée Potens. Though his baptismal record registers him as white, Roudanez i dentified as a person of color throughout his life. He received his early education in New Orleans, where he also worked in […] … Read MoreLouis Charles Roudanez (1823-1890)
[…] known as the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball. The Clowns, like almost all established Negro League teams, struggled with attendance during the Great Depression. They, however, were the first to add comedy as an incentive to attract audiences. A player would often throw under his […] … Read MoreIndianapolis Clowns (1930-1989)
[…] city in 1950. Upon graduating with honors, Cartwright enrolled in Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude in 1954. He received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology from Boston University (BU) in Massachusetts in 1957. Cartwright […] … Read MoreJohn Henderson Cartwright (1933-2011)
