Little Known Black History Facts
Notable African Americans
Notable Black American Facts in U.S. History
Represented by lawyer Theodore Sedgwick, Elizabeth Freeman was a slave who was able to convince a county court in Great Barrington, Massachusetts that she should be given her freedom by reasoning that slavery was illegal due to the American Revolution. Slavery was abolished in Massachusetts thanks in part to Elizabeth Freeman's court case.
Today, when most people think of The Civil Rights Movement, most people think of Martin Luther King Jr. But did you know that Frederick Douglass is often considered by many to be the "Father of the Civil Rights Movement"?
Sixteen black American soldiers and four black American sailors were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Civil War.
Black History Facts in American Culture
The first African-American poet was Lucy Terry Prince. Her most popular poem was titled The Bar's Fight. It was written by Lucy Terry Prince when she was just sixteen years old. The poem is about an attack which took place in Massachusetts by Native Americans in 1746.
An electromechanical inventor, Granville T. Woods, is often thought of as "The Black Edison." (Edison as in inventor Thomas Edison)
In more recent times, an African American by the name of Lonnie J. Johnson invented one of the most popular toys ever: the Super Soaker water gun.
Black History Facts Firsts
The first successful heart operation was done by African American surgeon Daniel Hale Williams in 1893.
An entrepreneur by the name of Madam C.J. Walker was the first black American woman to earn one million dollars. She started her career by selling her own scalp conditioner called Madam Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower.
Scott Joplin, an African American pianist, composed a piece of music called Maple Leaf Rag. Maple Leaf Rag became the first piece of sheet music to sell more than one million copies.
Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman pilot. She made a living participating in barnstorming. Barnstorming is where pilots would do dangerous stunts with their airplanes as a form of entertainment. She was a popular stunt pilot during the 1920's and was known to many as Queen Bess. Unfortunately, Bessie Coleman died in 1926 after being thrown from a plane which spun out of control due to a jammed gearbox.
Black History Facts Sources:
Biography.com, "Black History Facts." URL: (www.biography.com)
Wikipedia.com, "Bessie Coleman." URL: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman)
Madamjcwalker.com, "Madam CJ Walker." URL: (www.madamcjwalker.com)
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If it wasn't for the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, there would of been a second massacre of the 7th Cavalry.
Read the novel, “Rescue at Pine Ridgeâ€, 5 stars Amazon, Barnes & Noble and the youtube trailer commercial...and visit the website http://www.rescueatpineridge.com
I know you’ll enjoy the novel. I wrote the story that embodied the Native Americans, Outlaws and African-American/Black Soldiers, from the south to the north, in the days of the Native American Wars with the approaching United States of America. This story is about, brutality, compassion, reprisal, bravery, heroism and gallantry. Read the novel, Rescue at Pine Ridge, the story of the rescue of the famed 7th Cavalry by the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers.
The novel was taken from my mini-series movie of the same title, “RaPR†to keep my story alive. Hollywood has had a lot of strikes and doesn’t like telling our stories…its been “his-story†of history a
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How do you keep a people down? ‘Never' let them 'know' their history.
"If a race has no history, it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated."
Dr. Carter G. Woodson 1875 – 1950
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.â€
Marcus Garvey 1887-1940
"A tree without roots can bare no fruit, it will die."
Erich Martin Hicks 1952 - Present
Keep telling that history, our history:
Read the novel; Rescue at Pine Ridge, "RaPR", a great story of Black military history...the first generation of Buffalo Soldiers.
The 7th Cavalry got their butts in a sling again after the Little Big Horn Massacre, fourteen years later, the day after the Wounded Knee Massacre. If it wasn't for the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, there would of been a
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