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The Mudd family soon moved from Kentucky to Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1915. After living in Fort Wayne, for thirteen years, Mudd Brooks mother died in 1928 of unreported causes. [2] Mudd Brooks became the mother figure for her six siblings. Though her mother's death made an impact on her, she still excelled in school, including as an athlete.
Chapman Harris, a free African American, was a member of the underground network by the 1830s. His family's cabin, about 3 miles (4.8 km) from Madison, was a safe house for fugitives who crossed the Ohio River. Harris's associate, Elijah Anderson, a free-born African American whose cabin was also a station, helped ferry fugitives across the river.
“The Negro History Bulletin” was a newsletter published by Woodson’s organization, ASALH. In March 1950, Woodson posthumously published an article describing how community members can ...
Jet is an American weekly digital magazine focusing on news, culture, and entertainment related to the African-American community. Founded in print by John H. Johnson in November 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, [3] [4] the magazine was billed as "The Weekly Negro News Magazine".
It’s the holiday season; a time to hopefully connect with family and celebrate another year together. As you sit with The post Explore the history of the Underground Railroad and Trail of Tears ...
Nat Love (1854–1921), an African-American cowboy and former slave. After the Reconstruction of the South after the American Civil War, freed slaves were still denied land ownership and other rights in many states, and about 20,000 Exodusters headed west to Kansas between 1879 and 1884, with smaller migrations to other Western states.
A silent short shot in 1898, “Something Good – Negro Kiss” is the first film featuring footage of African Americans showing affection. “Something Good – Negro Kiss” is the first known ...
The first edition was illustrated by Raymond Lufkin and published in 1948 by Knopf. [4] Of the first edition Bontemps related "I would have given my eye teeth to know when I was a high school boy in California—the story that my history books barely mentioned(...)I tried to make clear how American slavery came about and what causes lay behind the present attitudes toward Negroes on the part ...