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April 2009 - Posts

• The Sojourner Truth Memorial Unveiled

  Sojourner Truth is the first African American women to have a memorial at the U.S. Capitol. Truth was an abolitionists and a women’s rights advocate. On April 28, a bust... Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:48 AM from About African-American History | (Comments Off)

• Joe Louis: A National Hero

  Joe Louis could not have guessed that a career in boxing would make him into national hero. As World War II loomed, Joe Louis was thrust into the political arena... Read More... Posted Sunday, April 26, 2009 11:00 PM from About African-American History | (Comments Off)

• W.C. Handy: The Father of the Blues

  He was not the inventor of blues music, but W.C. Handy was dubbed the "Father of the Blues.” Handy was not only instrumental in the development of blues improvisation, but... Read More... Posted Sunday, April 19, 2009 11:00 PM from About African-American History | (Comments Off)

• Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  April 4, 2009 marks 41 years since Martin Luther King was shot and killed while standing outside of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee. In remembrance of Dr. King, take... Read More... Posted Friday, April 03, 2009 11:00 PM from About African-American History | (Comments Off)

• Publication of New Photos of the Aftermath of Dr. King’s Assassination

  Life.com has released a dozen never-before-published photos of the aftermath of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination on April 4, 1968. Life magazine photographer Henry Groskinsky took the photos that Read More... Posted Friday, April 03, 2009 8:01 AM from About African-American History | (Comments Off)

• Plessy v. Ferguson: The Legalization of Jim Crow Laws

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson condoned racial segregation throughout the South. For over 50 years, “separate but equal” laws applied to such places as public schools,... Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 8:27 AM from About African-American History | (Comments Off)