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People’s Baptist Church, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (1873- )
People’s Baptist Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, thrived for the first half of the 20th century as the state’s first...
Alex Manly (1866-1944)
Alex Manly was editor of the Daily Record, a black newspaper from Wilmington, North Carolina at the time of the...
Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua (ca. 1824-ca. 1857)
Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua’s biography is the only known biography of a former slave from Brazil. Baquaqua was born around 1824...
Dr. Alfred Schmitz Shadd (1870-1915)
Alfred Schmitz Shadd, a black educator, physician, farmer, politician, editor and civic leader was born in Raleigh, Ontario in 1870....
Detroit Race Riot (1943)
The Detroit Riot of 1943 lasted only about 24 hours from 10:30 on June 20 to 11:00 p.m. on June...
