Descendants of African-Americans who began their lives in America as kidnapped slaves were then deprived of civil rights by "Jim Crow" laws. Leaders inspired others to overcome racial prejudice and legal obstacles. These stories highlight the ups and downs of black history.
African-American Dorie Miller works in the West Virgina's galley, but when the bombs fall, he assists the ship's captain, fires a machine gun and earn...
South Carolina History Standard 8-5.2 Describe the economic impact of Reconstruction on South Carolina in each of the various social classes
Though the President issues the proclamation, it is not a law and slaveholders in the South, who have left the Union, can (and do) ignore it.
Two white men torture and murder young Emmett Till.
Sixty years on, remember Emmett Till whose visit with relatives in Mississippi led to grossly unfair treatment under Jim Crow laws. His Mother's react...
The "Underground Railroad", a network of routes, safe houses, and people, helps many slaves escape.
With help from his future wife and friends, Fred escapes to the free state of New York and takes the name Frederick Douglass.
Douglass's writings earn him fame and such friends as Abraham Lincoln and other former slaves Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman.
"Conductors" are people who lead the slaves to safety; some include runaway slaves such as Harriet Tubman.
Bessie Coleman, a pioneering aviator, was born 125 years ago on January 26, 1892. In 1921, she became the first African-American female pilot. To make...
Many of the leaders of the fight to end slavery are former slaves themselves.
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