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Tom Molineaux: The Enslaved African Who Punched His Way to Freedom in America

Tom Molineaux was an African American boxer who rose from slavery to become one of the most celebrated boxer of his time. Known for his strength and skill, he gained his freedom through boxing and became famous for his...

Remembering Medgar Evers: The Civil Rights Leader Assassinated by a Klansman in 1963

Medgar Wiley Evers was a prominent American civil rights activist, the first field secretary for the NAACP in Mississippi, and a World War II veteran, who dedicated his life to fighting racial segregation and injustice. His efforts to improve...

Thomas Thistlewood: The Serial Rapist Who Documented All of His Crimes Against His Slaves in a Diary

Thomas Thistlewood was an English slave owner, planter, and diarist who spent most of his life in colonial Jamaica. Known for his extreme brutality, Thistlewood thoroughly documented his life in a 14,000-page diary, detailing the horrific abuse he inflicted...

Lloyd L. Gaines: The Student Who Mysteriously Vanished After Winning a Segregation Case Against the University of Missouri

Lloyd Lionel Gaines was a civil rights pioneer who sued the University of Missouri for denying him admission to its law school solely because he was African American. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor, mandating that Missouri...

The Creole Mutiny of 1841: The Most Successful Slave Revolt in U.S. History

In 1841, a group of enslaved African-Americans aboard the American brig Creole staged a daring revolt that would become the most successful slave revolt in U.S. history. Led by Madison Washington, the rebels seized the ship, killed one slave...

John Copeland Jr.: The Untold Story of the Man Executed for Resisting Slavery and Whose Body Was Used for Medical Research

John Anthony Copeland Jr. was a man whose life and death embodied the struggle for freedom and justice in a nation deeply divided by slavery. Born free on August 15, 1834, in Raleigh, North Carolina, Copeland was arrested, tried,...

James Robinson: The Enslaved African Tricked into Fighting for Freedom in the American Revolutionary War

James Robinson was an enslaved African American who was lured into fighting in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 against the United Kingdom and its allies with the false promise of freedom if the wars were...

Peoples Grocery: How a White Mob Lynched the Owner of Memphis’ Most Successful Black-Owned Store in 1892

In the late 19th century, Memphis, Tennessee, was a city rife with racial tension, where economic success for African Americans was often met with hostility. At the heart of this disturbance was Peoples Grocery, a thriving Black-owned store that...

Ned: The Black Inventor Who Couldn’t Own His Creation Due to Racist Patent Laws

Ned was an enslaved African owned by Oscar J.E. Stuart, a lawyer and planter from Mississippi, known for inventing the innovative “double plow and scraper." Despite the practical importance of the invention, Ned could not patent it due to...

Abu al-Misk Kafur: The Freed African Slave Who Ruled Egypt and Parts of Syria from 946 to 968

Abu al-Misk Kafur, born in 905, was a black eunuch and freed slave who ascended to the highest echelons of power, ruling Egypt and parts of Syria as the de facto ruler from 946 until his death in 968. Kafur’s...

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Mr Madu is a freelance writer, a lover of Africa and a frequent hiker who loves long, vigorous walks, usually on hills or mountains.
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Alex Wilson: The Fearless Journalist Who Paid the Ultimate Cost for Refusing to Run from a White Mob

L. Alex Wilson was a courageous African American journalist and editor who covered key civil rights events, including the...
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