Government-Local-Black Community
Fort Worth, Texas, Where the West and the South Meet: A Brief History of the City’s African American Community, 1849-2012
In the article below, Fort Worth historian Richard Selcer introduces us to the African American community which has been a...
Watts, California (1903- )
Watts, one of the most famous neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California, is located approximately seven miles southeast of downtown. Originally...
African Americans in the Shadow of Mt. Shasta: The Black Community of Weed, California
In the following article, James Langford, the first black teacher in Weed, briefly describes the history of the African American...
Race and Color in A California Coastal Community: The Seaside Story
In the following article Dr. Carol Lynn McKibben, Director of the Seaside History Project, City of Seaside, California, and Lecturer,...
Saltspring Island, British Columbia
Now known as an upscale tourist destination, few people realize that Saltspring Island, British Columbia was seen as a land...
Roslyn, Washington (1886- )
Roslyn, Washington was a coal mining town located at the eastern base of the Cascade Mountains. The first commercial operations...
Fort Mose, Florida (1738-1820)
Established in 1738, Fort Mose was the first free black settlement in what is now the United States. Located just...
Five Points District, New York City, New York (1830s-1860s)
Originally the site of New York City’s first free black settlement, by 1850 the Five Points district in lower Manhattan...
Oliver Toussaint Jackson (1862–1948)
Oliver Toussaint Jackson was an example of 19th Century western African American entrepreneurship. Jackson created a restaurant, a farm and...
