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The Miller-McCoy Academy for Mathematics and Business is the first public all-boys school in New Orleans, LA. The school was…
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Walter Gordon was a L.A. civil rights lawyer with a list of clients ranging from dining-car waiters aboard the train…
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On April 26th at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan, a black collector of antiques named David Pilgrim will…
George Gibbs, Jr. was the first black man to go to Antarctica, a.k.a the South Pole. Getting his start in…
“Jail House Bound: John Lomax’ First Southern Prison Recordings” was an album released in 1933 by John Lomax. Lomax, who…
Photographer Roy DeCarava was an African-American genius of the lens. His use of shadows and darkness in his photos became…
James Banning was the first African-American male aviator to receive his pilot’s license. Born in 1899, Banning’s family moved to…
