African-Americans in the Great War
byWhen the United States entered the Great War 1917, it was viewed with relief by the war-weary Allied armies. After the passage of the…
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Little-known tidbits about the people and the contributions of African-Americans to society.
African-Americans in the Pacific Northwest
byExcerpt from the September 1913 issue of The Crisis: The characteristic of the Great Northwest is its unexpectedness. One looks for tall black mountains…
Only the Ball Was White: African-Americans & Baseball in the Gilded Age
byLong before Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron, African-Americans played a varied and wide role in the history of baseball. Though black ballplayers were forced…