Ruby McCollum sat in a courtroom where the truth of her story was almost erased, but the Black press made sure that would ...

1820—The first organized emigration of Blacks from the U.S. back to Africa occurs. Eighty-six free Blacks leave New York Harbor on a ship named the “Mayflower of Liberia.” The group lands on the West ...

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World War II pilot who shattered racial barriers as a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, has died at the age of 100.