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Tulsa and Black Wall Street

This entry is for juvenile audiences. To see the full version of this entry, click here. What happened: Black Wall Street became one of the wealthiest black communities in America. Greenwood was a neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In the early 1900s, Booker T. Washington visited … Read More

Nine Minutes in May: How George Floyd’s Death Shook the World

In the article below, California State University, Fresno, History and Africana Studies professor Malik Simba briefly examines the life and death of George Floyd and how the latter transformed the struggle for racial justice in and beyond the United States. George Floyd died on Memorial … Read More

Juneteenth: The Growth of an African American Holiday (1865- )

The Juneteenth Minidoc In the article below, historian Quintard Taylor describes the origins and evolution of the Juneteenth holiday since 1865. Any bright high schooler or Constitutional law expert would say that African Americans were formally liberated when the Georgia legislature ratified the 13th Amendment on December … Read More

Ruby Bridges (1954 – )

Ruby Bridges became famous in 1960 as the six-year-old who, escorted by Federal marshals, integrated a formerly all-white school in New Orleans, Louisiana. Bridges was born on September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi, to Lucille and Abon Bridges. She was the firstborn of eight children. … Read MoreRuby Bridges (1954 – )

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Tulsa and Black Wall Street

Nine Minutes in May: How George Floyd’s Death Shook the World

Juneteenth: The Growth of an African American Holiday (1865- )

Ruby Bridges (1954 – )