What This Wild 1901 Murder Trial Tells Us About Black History
A frican American women’s history is at once beautiful and haunting, and because my work emphasizes their experiences with ...
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The Trailblazing Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Racial Passing
Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...
Maryland woman "proud" of mother's role in Six Triple Eight battalion during World War II
The Six Triple Eight, a military battalion made up of 855 Black women during World War II, included 19 from Maryland.
Learn how these Mainers changed U.S. military history as Tuskegee Airmen in WWII
In 1941, the formation of the first group of Black military pilots and mechanics was underway in Tuskegee, Alabama where ...
Mabel Staton, trailblazer who was US team’s only female long jumper at the 1952 Olympics, dies at 92
Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers to become the only woman to compete for ...
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No mail, No morale: The story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
"No mail, no morale." This saying inspired an all-female U.S. Women's Army Corps unit to sort vital wartime mail. KATC spoke ...
Legacy of highest-ranking African-American woman in Army kept alive through girl’s academy, family
Earley’s military life is showcased in the Netflix movie “The Six Triple Eight”, but not much is known about her personal life.