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Nat Turner is shown being discovered in a wooded area of Virginia by a white man carrying a gun in 1831.

Black August: Nat Turner Led Slave Revolt

This August 21, 1831, rebellion is a part of the Black August series, highlighting the historical events that remind us of the legacy of Black radical resistance.

Tracey Onyenacho Aug 21, 2020 2:00PM EDT

Engraving shows the arrival of a Dutch slave ship with a group of African slaves for sale, Jamestown, Virginia, 1619.

Black August: Arrival of First Africans to Virginia

Remembering this August 20, 1619, arrival is a part of the Black August series, highlighting historical events that remind us of the legacy of Black radical resistance.

Tracey Onyenacho Aug 20, 2020 12:30PM EDT

Mary McLeod Bethune, Mary Church Terrell and Ida B. Wells. Archival images of Black suffragettes.

Black Suffragettes Celebrated in Video for 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment

Says Nsé Ufot, CEO of New Georgia Project: “We all lose when we whitewash the history of the fight for Black women’s right to vote.”

N. Jamiyla Chisholm Aug 19, 2020 10:45AM ET

Black August. Black and white photo of funeral procession of 17-year-old Jonathan Jackson, flanked by Black Panther Party members raising the Black Power salute.

Black August: Marin County Courthouse Rebellion

Remembering this August 7, 1970 action is a part of the Black August series, highlighting historical events that remind us of the legacy of Black radical resistance.

Tracey Onyenacho Aug 14, 2020 11:45AM EDT

Frederick Douglass monument. Black and white photo of statue of a Black man on a tall pedestal in the city of Rochester, N.Y.

Frederick Douglass Statue Destroyed on Historic Anniversary

The day after Baltimore protesters dumped Christopher Columbus’ statue into the harbor, Douglass’ was vandalized in New York.

N. Jamiyla Chisholm Jul 6, 2020 1:00PM EDT

An African-American man with a camera looks at the skeletons of iron beds which rise above the ashes of a burned-out block after the Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1921

'Terror of Tulsa: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street' Digs Into Historical Racial Violence

In his new documentary, award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson examines the legacy of entrepreneurship and violence in the Greenwood district of Tulsa in 1921.

Tracey Onyenacho Jun 19, 2020 4:00AM ET