On Saturday, September 27, Berean Seventh-day Adventist Church (2119 St. Emanuel) celebrated its 105th anniversary. As Houston’s first Black Seventh-day Adventist church, Berean marked this...
Dorothy Vaughan and Mae C. Jemison are two African American women whose achievements helped shape the history of NASA and American space exploration. Although they...
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, held on August 28, 1963, was one of the most important events of the American Civil Rights...
Nat Turner’s Revolt, also known as the Southampton Insurrection, was one of the most significant uprisings against slavery in American history. It took place in...
By: Fred Smith Major General Gordon Granger is best remembered for his pivotal role in American history as the Union officer who announced the end...
By: Fred Smith In the aftermath of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, the thriving Greenwood District in Tulsa was left in ruins. Once regarded as...
By: Fred Smith Freedom Summer, also known as the Mississippi Summer Project, began in June 1964 as one of the most significant civil rights campaigns...
By: Smithsonian At the dawn of the Automobile Age in the early 20th century, hundreds of small auto companies sprouted up across America as entrepreneurs...
By: Marie Herndon Imagine growing-up and living in a community with no ambulance, no urgent medical care facility, no “911 service”, one hospital, and one...
By: Fred Smith Austin marked a significant moment in its ongoing reckoning with history through a park renaming and the unveiling of a new historical...
