William Tucker (Virginia colony)
William Tucker (born 1624) was born to two of the first Africans in Virginia who landed in Jamestown Colony before his birth. He was the first African American that was…
Ruby McCollum
Ruby McCollum, born Ruby Jackson (August 31, 1909 – May 23, 1992), was a wealthy married African-American woman in Live Oak, Florida, who is known for being arrested and convicted…
Paul Cuffe
Paul Cuffe, also known as Paul Cuffee (January 17, 1759 – September 7, 1817) was an African American businessman, whaler and abolitionist. Born free into a multiracial family on Cuttyhunk…
Lanny Smoot
Lanny Smoot (born c. 1955) is an American electrical engineer, inventor, scientist, and theatrical technology creator. With over 100 patents, he is Disney’s most prolific inventor and one of the…
Richard Harvey Cain
Richard Harvey Cain (April 12, 1825 – January 18, 1887) was an American minister, abolitionist, and United States Representative from South Carolina from 1873 to 1875 and 1877 to 1879.…
Daniel Hale Williams
Daniel Hale Williams American physician Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Jan 14, 2024 • Article History Daniel Hale Williams (born January 18, 1858, Hollidaysburg,…
Tiye
Tiye (c. 1398 BC – 1338 BC, also spelled Tye, Taia, Tiy and Tiyi) was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III, mother of pharaoh Akhenaten and…
Tomb Of Two Brothers
The Tomb of Two Brothers is an ancient sepulchre in Deir Rifeh, Egypt. It contains the chamber tomb of the ancient Egyptian high status priests Nakht-Ankh and Khnum-Nakht, which dates…
History Of Slavery In Alabama
The African slave trade was first brought to Alabama when the region was part of the French Louisiana Colony.
Forty Acres And A Mule
Forty acres and a mule was part of Special Field Orders No. 15, a wartime order proclaimed by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman on January 16, 1865, during the American…