Augustus Hawkins’ congressional portrait Hawkins in 1962 Today for Black History Month, we honor Augustus F. Hawkins, a well-known Democrat politician and the first African-American from California to serve in […]
Shirley Chisholm in 1965. The next profile for Black History Month is about Shirley Chisholm: an American politician, educator, and author. Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to […]
Senator Edward Brooke with President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office, 1967. Edward Brooke Edward Brooke was an American Republican politician who, in 1966, became the first African-American popularly […]
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. with President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965. Our next subject is Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., a minister, activist and congressman from New York who would come […]
A campaign button for De Priest Our next profile examines the life and legacy of Oscar Stanton De Priest, an American lawmaker and civil rights activist who became the first […]
George Henry White Henry Plummer Cheatham The next profile for Black History Month examines the life of George Henry White. Born just prior to the Civil War, he rose to […]
The photo from Lynch’s 1913 book John Roy Lynch was an American politician, writer, attorney, and military officer, who was born into slavery, gained freedom in 1863 and was subsequently […]
An article from Harper’s Weekly in 1862 detailing Robert Smalls exploits on the Planter. Robert Smalls The next profile for Black History Month, continuing our series celebrating the history and […]
In this political cartoon, Revels (seated) replaces Jefferson Davis (left in costume as Iago from Shakespeare’s Othello) in the US Senate. Harper’s Weekly Feb. 19, 1870. For this 2016 election […]
Today marks the anniversary of when Violette Neatley Anderson became the first African-American female attorney admitted to practice in front of the US Supreme Court on January 29, 1926. Violette […]