Black History

Courier Newsroom - February 12, 2025

FEBRUARY 12 1793—Congress passes the first Fugitive Slave Law. The law made it easier for a slave owner to re-take control of a slave...

This Week In Black History Feb. 5-12, 2025

Courier Newsroom - February 6, 2025

February 5 1866—Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, one of the great White heroes of Black history, offers his famous amendment to the Freedman’s Bureau bill to...

This Week In Black History January 29-February 4

Courier Newsroom - January 29, 2025

JANUARY 29 1837—The great Russian literary genius Alexander Pushkin dies on this day as a result of a duel. He is generally considered Russia’s...

This Week In Black History Jan. 22-Jan. 29

Courier Newsroom - January 22, 2025

JANUARY 22 1822—“From slavery to wealth” is the phrase that best describes the story of Barney L. Ford, who was born into slavery on...

This Week In Black History January 15-21, 2025

Courier Newsroom - January 16, 2025

JANUARY 15 1908—Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first Black Greek letter sorority, is founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C., by Ethel...

This Week In Black History January 8-14, 2025

Courier Newsroom - January 12, 2025

January 8 1866—Fisk University is founded in Nashville, Tenn., for recently freed slaves by the American Missionary Association. The college grows to become one...

This Week In Black History January 1-7, 2025

Courier Newsroom - January 1, 2025

Mamie Till-Mobley watches the body of her son, Emmett, being lowered into his grave. Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images JANUARY 1 1804—Jean Jacques Dessalines proclaims the...

This Week In Black History December 25-31, 2024

Courier Newsroom - December 26, 2024

BO DIDDLEY DECEMBER 25 1760—The first poem written by a Black person and published in America is published on Christmas day 1760. It was written...

For Enslaved People, the Holiday Season Was a Time for r=Revelry – and a Brief Window to Fight Back

The Conversation - December 26, 2024

Adolphe Duperly’s painting depicting the destruction of the Roehampton Estate in Jamaica during the Baptist War in January 1832. Wikimedia Commons by Ana Lucia Araujo,...

White and Black Activists Worked Strategically in Parallel in Detroit 50 Years Ago, Fighting for Civil Rights

The Conversation - December 7, 2024

A member of the Michigan National Guard stands at the ready as firemen battle a blaze in Detroit in July 1967. AP Photo by Say...

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