# African Americans
History Battle of Black Race for Liberty and Justice
African American history is steeped in the fight for freedom and against oppression. Some of the best-known events in that narrative of resistance include the Underground Railroad, black soldiers in blue during…
D-Day’s Black Barrage Balloon Operators and Other Lesser Known WWII Facts
The Second World War was so enormous that many or most of its details are little known to most of…
America’s World War II Black Aviators Had to Fight Tooth and Nail to Serve Their Country… and Then Fought For It
African Americans played a significant role in America's military history, despite the limited opportunities, adversity, and open hostility that they…
Real Life Action Hero Edward Allen Carter, Jr. Started his Heroic Life at 15
There have been about a dozen Spiderman remakes, who knows how many Sharknadoes, and seemingly a hundred Fast & the…
African American Loyalists During the Revolutionary War: 10 Significant People, Events, and Things
The American Revolution brought hope to America's slaves, as the Patriots' talk of "Liberty" and "Equality" ignited their dreams. However,…
10 Fascinating Things About New York’s Black Mafia
In the 1970s, many criminologists predicated that a rising class of African American criminals, operating out of New York City…
FBI Documents Claim Martin Luther King Jr. Hosted Orgies that Lasted Days
Over 600 documents were recently released from the archives of the FBI, shedding some light on the investigation into the…
This Day In History: The Draft Is Introduced In The USA (1940)
On this day in history in 1940, the Burke-Wadsworth Act is passed by Congress. The Act receives bi-partisan support and…