Racial Conflict

Samuel D. Chambers (1831-1929) and Amanda Chambers (1840-1925)
Like the majority of black Americans living in the South in pre-Civil War America, Samuel and Amanda Chambers were slaves. ...
October 25th, 2016

Powhatan Beaty (1837-1916)
Powhatan Beaty was an American soldier and actor. He served in the Union Army’s 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment...
October 13th, 2016

The Pearl Incident, 1848
The Pearl Incident in 1848 was the single largest recorded escape attempt by enslaved people in United States history. On...
September 23rd, 2016

Joseph T. Ball, Jr. (1804-1861)
Joseph T. Ball, Jr. was born Feb. 21, 1804 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His mother Mary Montgomery Drew of Cambridge, Massachusetts,...
September 1st, 2016

Minnie M. Cox (1869-1933)
Minnie M. Cox, the first black female postmaster, was born 1869 in Lexington, Mississippi, to former slaves William and Mary...
August 31st, 2016

January 1, 1863: When New Year’s Day Meant Freedom
When the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect January 1, 1863 African American soldiers in the Union Army had been fighting...
December 30th, 2015

First Congregational Church, Atlanta, Georgia (1867- )
The First Congregational Church of Atlanta, Georgia, the largest Congregational church in the South, began as a “gathered church” on...
December 9th, 2015

Jacob Clement White Sr (1806–1872)
“Imagr Ownership: Public Domain” Jacob C. White Sr. was a leading entrepreneur in early black Philadelphia, a tireless opponent of...
December 6th, 2015

August A. Sabac el Cher (1836?–1885)
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” According to stories handed down to his descendants, a seven year old boy from Kurdufan in...
November 22nd, 2015