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The Dahomey Amazons are the only documented front-line female troops in modern warfare history. The Amazons of Dahomey were a military corps of women appointed to serve in battles under...

The Dogon are an ethnic group living in the central plateau region of Mali, in Western Africa, south of the Niger bend, near the city of Bandiagara, in the Mopti...

Henry “Box” Brown was born, enslaved, on a Virginia plantation in 1815. After his family was sold, Brown committed himself to escaping from bondage. He had himself shipped in a...

The Jamaican Maroons are Africans and persons of African descent who ran away or escaped from their masters or owners to acquire and preserve their freedom. The English and the...

The Mau Mau Uprising, a revolt against colonial rule in Kenya, lasted from 1952 through 1960. The uprising is regarded as one of the most significant steps towards a Kenya free from British rule.

115 TH US Congress in 2018 passed the “400 Years of African American History Commission Act” to develop and carry out activities throughout the US, and as well to commemorate the 400 th anniversary of the forced arrival of African to Virginia prior to the arrival of the first English settlers in Massachusetts.

Dihya al‑Kahina was a Berber queen, religious and military leader who fought against Islamic expansion in Northwest Africa during the 7th century. Arab records describe her as having “dark skin,...

When we think about black sports stars we often go to names such as Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson, perhaps Kareem Abdul Jabbar or even Jack Johnson, however, if we dig a little deeper and look a little harder we might come across the story of Bill Richmond the first black sports star.