Farrell Evans

Denied entry into Major League Baseball, power hitters Buck Leonard, Josh Gibson and five others were later enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

The iconic Roman structure stood as the largest and most complex permanent amphitheater in the ancient world.

Many of the migrants, known as the Exodusters, fled the South after Reconstruction, seeking land and opportunity in Kansas.

For some, it was a rare time of respite; for others, an opportunity for resistance.

The author of Crittenden Compromise argued his six amendments presented a good deal. But then-President-elect Lincoln drew a firm line.

Moses Fleetwood Walker played for a Major League Baseball team in the 1880s.

After WWII, racial barriers in sports slowly began to drop. Jackie Robinson was not the only athlete on the front lines of these changes.

The two 19th century leaders had deep respect for each other. But one was openly—and harshly—critical.

Abolitionist Frederick Douglass called the Supreme Court ruling 'a vile and shocking abomination.' It inspired Abraham Lincoln to help speed slavery's 'ultimate extinction.'

Marley hoped the star-studded concert, held in Kingston, Jamaica in 1978, could help bring stability and peace to a divided, violence-stricken country.

Lincoln wanted to end slavery—but wasn’t keen on integrating African Americans into US society. His first attempt to send them offshore proved disastrous.

Fireside Chats. The 'Fight of the Century.' A live report from Pearl Harbor. These are just a few of the historic radio broadcasts that seemed to have the whole nation listening.

Communities across the U.S. required home deeds to include clauses that explicitly denied buyers based on race, ethnicity or religion.

Executive Order 9981, one of Truman's most important achievements, became a major catalyst for the civil rights movement.

Their coordinated efforts to integrate a white officers' club set an example that wasn't lost on leaders of the burgeoning civil rights movement.

In what came to be known as the 'long, hot summer,' US cities exploded—more than 150 times—into violent upheaval.

These jurists had to break barriers to get to the bench—and didn't stop once they got there.

In 1965, the two prominent intellectuals faced off in Cambridge, England over whether the American dream is at the expense of African Americans. Baldwin won.

And of course, all that grass inspired innovations in mowing.

Few historians dispute that planes flew low over the city's prosperous Black district during the 1921 attack. What's less clear: whether bullets were fired or incendiaries were dropped.

No beer? No problem. Better refrigeration, together with innovations in making and selling frozen treats, helped steer people toward this 'refreshing and palatable food.'

In the wake of the passage of the 15th Amendment and Reconstruction, several southern states enacted laws that restricted Black Americans' access to voting.

Led by Mary McLeod Bethune, this informal network of advisors was the first group to press for civil rights from within the federal government.

The Slave Enlistment Act of 1778 stipulated that any enslaved person accepted to the 1st Rhode Island Regiment be “immediately discharged from the service of his master or mistress, and be absolutely free."

The 1968 strike was the longest by college students in American history. It helped usher in profound changes in higher education.

For a 14-year period, the U.S. government took steps to try and integrate the nation's newly freed Black population into society.

These pioneering Black aviators not only took on the Germans; they shattered racist stereotypes and helped advance civil rights.

At least 12 Black chemists and physicists worked as primary researchers on the team that developed the technology behind the atomic bomb.

In a nation bitterly divided by apartheid, Mandela used the game to foster shared national pride.

When the plane crashed in a Pennsylvania field on September 11, it was 20 minutes flying time from the nation's capital.

He believed that, as soldiers, men of color could gain self-respect, self-defense skills and an undeniable justification for the rights of citizenship.

C.R. Patterson & Sons, which started as a carriage building firm, produced luxury roadsters and, later, bodies for service vehicles.

The Opelousas Massacre terrorized African American voters and stopped local Black political progress in its tracks.

Thomas Morris Chester, whose mother had escaped slavery, covered the final year of the war for a white-owned newspaper.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife and child were inside when his home was bombed on January 30, 1956. Thankfully neither were harmed.

America's interstate highway system cut through the heart of dozens of urban neighborhoods.

During WWII, Trezzvant Anderson embedded with the Army’s first Black tank squad to see combat. He deployed their stories in the broader fight for equality.

In 1967, several prominent antiwar activists urged MLK to run for president with Dr. Spock as his VP.

The game's rules were formally written down in 1744, but people had already been playing for centuries.

Against the odds, Stephanie St. Clair became Harlem's 'Queen of Numbers,' facing down corrupt cops and violent mobsters.