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How Black Americans like the Harlem Hellfighters, Ronald McNair, Bessie Coleman, Alexa Canady, and Robert Smalls made history. 11 inspiring Black American heroes whose stories deserve to be celebrated
Parks became one of the most impactful Black women in American history almost overnight when she refused to move to the “colored” section of a public bus in 1955.
Many of the Black Loyalists performed military service in the British Army, particularly as part of the only Black regiment of the war, the Black Pioneers, and others served non-military roles. In response, and because of manpower shortages, Washington lifted the ban on black enlistment in the Continental Army in January 1776.
Charles Hicks, nicknamed “Mr. Black History’’ in Washington, D.C, remembered attending a Black History Month event in 2016 at the Department of Justice where his longtime friend, the late ...
Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. [4] [5] It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora, initially lasting a week before becoming a month-long observation since 1970. [6]
Charles Young (March 12, 1864 – January 8, 1922) was an American soldier. He was the third African American graduate of the United States Military Academy, the first Black U.S. national park superintendent, first Black military attaché, first Black man to achieve the rank of colonel in the United States Army, and highest-ranking Black officer in the Regular Army until his death in 1922.
All Blood Runs Red: Life and Legends of Eugene Jacques Bullard: First Black American Military Aviator. NOOK Book (eBook): eBookIt, 2012. ISBN 9781456612993; Jouineau, André. Officers and Soldiers of the French Army 1918: 1915 to Victory. Paris: Histoire & Collections, 2008. Lloyd, Craig. Eugene Bullard: Black Expatriate in Jazz Age Paris ...
You can find new Black businesses to support, buy more books by Black authors, attend a local Black History Month event in your hometown or visit African-American history museums, to name a few ideas.