Southern Democrats in the Senate opposed Revels as soon as he arrived in the capital. The Senate debated it for two days, with the Democrats using the ruling of the Supreme Court Dred Scott Decision that African
Yet these latter celebrations occurred in the segregated South. In the Albany auditorium, where she was honored, whites and African Americans had to sit separately. The white mayor of Albany sat on the stage with Coachman but refused to shake her hand. She had to leave her own celebration by...
In the 1930s and beyond, she planned her routes—NOT!—by tossing a penny over a map and riding to wherever it landed. Suffice it to say that gypsy touring was not the safest mode of travel for African Americans back then. The nation was marred with signs such as "no coloreds ...
The lesson of this museum is all -- that all Americans share a past and a future by staying true to our principles, righting injustice, and encouraging the empowerment of all. We will be an even greater nation for generations to come. I congratulate all those who played a role in creatin...
Nicknamed “Buffalo Soldiers,” African American units had been formed to fight in “government-led wars meant to overtake the Southwest and Great Plains from Native Americans.” The moniker “Buffalo Soldiers” may have been a compliment paid to the soldiers by the enemy, who noticed that the...
For his action on the Ashigara Hezlet was awarded a Bar to his DSO and the Americans awarded him the US Legion of Merit. Japanese heavy cruiser ‘Ashigara’ After the war Arthur Hezlet would continue to have a stellar career in the Royal Navy’s submarine service and would later aspire ...
Black, white and Chinese labourers in a South African gold mine some time between 1890 and 1923. The pidgin language Fanakolo developed to allow communication between the many different people brought to work on the mines. (Carpenter Collection, US Library of Congress)...
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The 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, extended the right to vote to black males, and soon, African Americans were elected to Congress and other public offices.Segregation Sign.But, all was not well, as many Southerners soon reacted to black emancipation. When Northern troops left in 1877, ...