This is a short guide on some of the historical events that shape Black Americans and Black culture and lives today. This is, by no means, a concise or all of the history that Black people have faced.
Please note that we are always adding to this page in the continued celebration of this month. More importantly...Feel free to learn in this space.
Partners of the Heart on Alexander Street
Vivien Thomas changed the course of history to become a part of medical history.
Toni Morrison: Black Matters on Alexander Street
"On August 5, 2019, novelist Toni Morrison, the first Black woman awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, passed away at the age of 88". "She put in words to a silenced Black history".
PBS Special:
The First Black Woman to Run for Vice President of the U.S. (Charlotta Spears Bass)
Sawbones: a Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine
History That Doesn't Suck
Stuff You Missed in History Class
"6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion: A Guide to First-Person Narratives in the Veterans History Project" the Library of Congress
"The first edition of Abraham Lincoln's final emancipation proclamation." (photo) the Library of Congress
"In Slavery's Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World" from National Museum of African American History & Culture
"The Era of Segregation 1877-1968" from National Museum of African American History & Culture
"Meet the First 2 Black Women to be Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame" from NPR
