The Convict Leasing System: Slavery in its Worst Aspects
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Much of the country’s infrastructure was built on convict leasing, read about some of its history.
Posted in: African American History, Business
Category: African American History
The Tulsa Race Massacre: Relief and the Role of the American Red Cross
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
One hundred years ago on May 31 and June 1, 1921, mobs of white residents attacked Black residents, homes, and businesses, as well as cultural and public institutions in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, OK, an oil boom city and one of the wealthiest Black communities in the United States. The Red Cross provided critical medical aid and temporary tent housing, and documented the violence in official reports.
Posted in: African American History, Tulsa Race Massacre
Honoring African Americans: Historic Women Trailblazers and Advocacy Organizations
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Maggie L. Walker, Nannie Helen Burroughs, and Mary Church Terrell founded and led organizations with a focus on social activism through the development of personal relationships, mentoring, and collaborating to bring about social change, often with a goal of bringing more people into the middle class.
Posted in: African American History, Women's History
Honoring African Americans: Cornerstones of Economic Development – African American Insurance Companies
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Many early African American insurance companies focused on industrial insurance or burial insurance and employed people in the community to sell and administer insurance contracts. Explore our resources related to African American insurance industry, including founders like Aaron McDuffie Moore, John Merrick and Charles Clinton (C.C.) Spaulding.
Posted in: African American History, Business
Honoring African Americans: Celebrating Life in Death – African American Funeral Homes
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Funeral homes have since the end of slavery, been an important business enterprise in the Black community – read a bit about that history.
Posted in: African American History, Business
Catalyzing Chemists – African Americans in the Chemical Sciences
Posted by: Nate Smith
African American chemists Alice Ball, Norbert Rillieux, Marie Maynard Daly, and Percy Julius made significant contributions to chemistry and helped shape the world we know today.
Posted in: African American History, Chemistry, Inventions, Science
African Americans and the Gold Rush
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about African Americans who went west to be a part of the California Gold Rush.
Posted in: African American History, Business