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On This Day February 21
In 1965 Malcom X assassinated, in 1972 Nixon becomes the first [...]
Josh Gibson
If you’ve ever been to a Major League ballpark, you’ve likely [...]
The Apache Wars Part Four: John Clum and San Carlos
The presidency of Ulysses Grant brought new complications to the Apache [...]
Robert Smalls, The Slave That Stole a Confederate Warship
In 1861 Robert Smalls was a slave conscripted into the service [...]
Corpse Roads
The dead have their own highways, marked with coffin stones, lychgates, [...]
On This Day February 14
Oregon and Arizona become states in 1859 and 1912 respectively. In [...]
Madam C.J. Walker, The First African American Woman Millionaire
Sarah Breedlove was born in 1867 in Delta, Louisiana; the first [...]
The Apache Wars Part Three Mangas Coloradas
He stood over six-foot-four, a muscular mountain of a man, and [...]
Hiram Revels
Hiram Revels was the first African American elected into either house [...]
