Tag: Black history
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The Amazing Story of a Black German Soldier During World War 1
A group that is rarely talked about in regards to German history and it’s dealings with people from different continents are the Africans. Most know the Askari, who fought with von Lettow-Vorbeck in the First World War. Yet rarely any know of those that actually traveled to Germany and lived most or even all of…
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The Birmingham Church Bombing Occurred in Alabama, Killing four young Black Girls. September 15, 1963.
Image: The four girls killed in the bombing (clockwise from top left) Addie Mae Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Carol Denise McNair (11). (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, September 15, 1963, the Birmingham Church bombing occurred when an explosive device detonated prior to Sunday morning services at the 16th…
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First Africans in Virginia. August 20, 1619.
Image: “Landing Negroes at Jamestown from Dutch man-of-war, 1619”. This 1901 illustration’s caption is incorrect, as The White Lion was an English privateer operating under a Dutch letter of marque, and landed at nearby Old Point Comfort. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, August 20, 1619, twenty Africans, kidnapped by the Portuguese in Angola,…
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African American mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson criticizes his hypocritical stance on slavery. August 19, 1791.
Image: Benjamin Banneker On this day in history, the accomplished American mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker wrote a letter to then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson communicates prolifically with luminaries from around the world. Still, Banneker is unique among them: the son of a free Black American woman and a formerly enslaved African man from…
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250 rounds of Ammunition Were Fired into Several Buildings in Brownsville, Texas. The 25th Infantry, an African American Regiment, were blamed and Over 150 Members Were Dishonorably Discharged. August 13, 1906.
On this day in history, at night, some 250 rounds of ammunition were fired into several buildings in Brownsville, Texas. One man was killed, and two others were wounded. The townspeople’s suspicions immediately fell upon the members of the 25th Infantry, an African American regiment. The soldiers had arrived in Brownsville sixteen days before the…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 