The coroner initially said Indianapolis resident George Tompkins "could not have hanged himself." A new plaque tells how his death was ruled a suicide.

Throughout the 19th century, New Orleans was the nation ... said he didn’t hesitate to take on the role because as a Black man, it was a chance to recognize the contributions of African ...

Born into enslavement in Tennessee, Gillespie resettled in Milwaukee by the mid-1850s and challenged local officials who ...

At the beginning of the 19th century very few people in Africa were ... Liberia's first President J. R. Roberts was a man of Christian piety as well as enterprise. "…The Lord gave and the ...

Thus, in the context of 19th-century Norristown, Shadd stands out as a groundbreaking Black educator and very likely the first Black person to teach in any Norristown school. We found no evidence ...