In 1861, soon after the Civil War began, Union forces took over the coastal areas of Georgia and South Carolina. Confederate plantation owners fled the area leaving behind people they had enslaved, plus hundreds of acres of land and crops that needed to be harvested. The federal government issued an order that those freed by the Union Army would be…
Banker and Community Leader in Jackson Ward, the First Black WallStreet In the early 1900s, and after being disenfranchised by Virginia’s new constitution, Black citizens of Richmond Virginia, with little political power, created a bustling business district in the Jackson Ward section of Richmond. That area was the first to be called “Black Wall Street.” Jackson Ward was home to…
Black Americans have been celebrating Juneteenth since 1866. What is Juneteenth? What is the history behind the holiday? When the 1860 census was recorded, there were four million people held in slavery in southern states, including Maryland and Delaware. White farmers depended on that free labor to grow and harvest their crops. Abraham Lincoln, who was a candidate for president…
John S Rock was born to free parents in Salem, New Jersey on October 13, 1825. Education was very important to the family, and though not wealthy, his parents were able to provide enough so he wouldn’t have to start working at a young age. With his parents’ support Rock was able to continue his education until he was nineteen….
She was an educator, biochemist, researcher, science pioneer, and the first African American woman in America to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry. She was committed to improving heart health and determining factors that led to heart attacks. Additionally, with the lack of diversity in the study of the sciences, she was committed to developing programs that increased the enrollment of…
When Carter G Woodson was working on his doctorate at Harvard University it became apparent that Black history was not a logical topic for research. There was a scarcity of data and facts on Black Americans. The study of Black life and culture was limited to slavery. Moreover, the public was not aware of the contributions and achievements of Black…
In 1951 a Black woman went to Johns Hopkins Hospital for treatment for stomach pain. She was diagnosed with an advanced stage of cervical cancer. The woman died nine months later. Before she died, and without the knowledge of her family, a surgeon took a sample of her cells. Scientists had been trying, for decades, to keep human cells alive…
YES, Black History is Important! Several years ago, when I lived in Paterson, New Jersey, I received a grant to document the history of African Americans in the city. That is when I became keenly aware of the contributions Black Americans made to the development of this nation, and how lacking my education had been. Black Americans are an integral…
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers who take the time out to educate their children. Continue to teach them and prepare them at home to go out into the world to be an example of what you taught them. Checkout the video below to learn about the history of Mother’s Day.
Psalm 3:6 – I lay down and slept, I awaken, for the Lord sustains me. Prayer…what does it mean? How should we pray? Does prayer really work? These questions fill the minds of most of us, and only if we have a relationship with the Lord, can we truly understand the power of prayer. In a nutshell, prayer is talking,…