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A party on the roof of Regina Anderson's home, at 580 St. Nicholas Ave. in Harlem. From left to right, attendees included Ethel Ray (Nance), Langston Hughes, Helen Lanning, Pearl Fisher, Regina Anderson (Andrews), Rudolf Fisher, Luella Tucker, Clarissa Scott (Delany), Esther Popel, Hubert Delany, Jessie Fauset, Marie Johnson and E. Franklin Frazier.

The Librarian at the Nexus of the Harlem Renaissance

Regina Anderson ate shrimp with W.E.B. Du Bois and let Zora Neale Hurston sleep on her couch.

Cara Giaimo March 21, 2018

Left, artist William Jennings' fictional illustration of Cathay Williams; right, the monument to Williams in Leavenworth, Texas, by Eddie Dixon.

The First (Documented) Black Woman to Serve in the U.S. Army

Cathay Williams, who posed as a man in order to enlist in 1866, leaves a legacy that’s open to interpretation.

Christina Ayele Djossa February 28, 2018

Biddy Mason memorial park.

Los Angeles, California

Biddy Mason Memorial Park

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

A scene from the Westminster Tournament Roll, showing John Blanke, an African trumpeter who worked for Henry VIII.

The Africans Who Called Tudor England Home

Hundreds of Africans lived freely during the reign of Henrys VII and VIII.

Jonathan Carey February 23, 2018

The slave memorial.

Alexandria, Virginia

Mount Vernon Slave Cemetery

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

Permanently Closed

Mother Nature is quickly claiming this site.

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Abandoned National Slavery Museum

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

Robert Lawrence, Jr. was chosen to serve in the MOL, an Air Force space program.

space exploration

Remembering the Groundbreaking Life of the First Black Astronaut

Robert Lawrence Jr.'s accomplishments are finally being recognized.

Ashawnta Jackson December 11, 2017

Ann Moore Gregory died in 1990, and competed up to the final years of her life.

Meet Ann Gregory, Who Shattered Racist and Sexist Barriers in the Golf World

An unheralded sports pioneer, she was known as "The Queen of Negro Women’s Golf."

Natasha Frost November 15, 2017

The original Woolworth lunch counter is largely intact at the museum.

Greensboro, North Carolina

Site of the Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit-in

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

The bust of Fred Hampton.

Maywood, Illinois

Fred Hampton Pool

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

Oscar James Dunn, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana.

Oscar Dunn, America's Forgotten First Black Lieutenant Governor

The New Orleans pioneer's legacy has been overshadowed, and an intended monument never built.

Chelsea Adams September 13, 2017

Earnestine & Hazel's.

Memphis, Tennessee

Earnestine & Hazel's

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

Allensworth

Earlimart, California

Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

An undated photograph of Aldridge as Othello (cropped).

The 19th-Century African-American Actor Who Conquered Europe

And why you might never have heard of Ira Aldridge.

Natasha Frost August 7, 2017

Charity Adams Earley, one of many black American women who served in WWII.

A Look Back at the Desegregation of the U.S. Military

On July 26, 1948, black leaders convinced President Truman to address discrimination in the armed services.

Michael Waters July 26, 2017

Permanently Closed

here they were

Crownsville, Maryland

Crownsville Hospital Center

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

Major Taylor races Léon Hourlier in France in 1909.

The Enduring Legacy of the Worcester Whirlwind

Cyclist Marshall W. "Major" Taylor was the first internationally famous African-American athlete.

Cara Giaimo June 26, 2017

Rosewood marker

Cedar Key, Florida

Site of the Rosewood Massacre

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.