African-American history

Anthropology Days: The Racist Olympic Event of 1904

The shameless Anthropology Days exhibition was held during the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri, where natives from foreign lands participated in various “special Olympic” events.
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Ella Abomah Williams: The African American Giantess Who Captivated the Circus World in the Late 1800s

Ella Abomah Williams was born in South Carolina in 1865 to enslaved parents, arriving just as the nation abolished...