Know Your History Archives - Page 10 of 17 - EMP PRESS

Meet Ruby Bridges — The Brave 6-Year-Old Who Integrated a Louisiana School. 71 Years Later, Her Legacy Shines Brighter Than Ever

Rare Colorized Photos Capture Angela Davis Speaking Behind Bulletproof Glass in 1972

Meet Edmonia Lewis, the First Professional Black Sculptor Behind ‘The Death of Cleopatra’

Bob Marley Gave Away “No Woman, No Cry” Royalties to Save His Friend’s Soup Kitchen

Unsung Legend: Meet the Woman Who Invented Rock & Roll

75 Years Ago, Althea Gibson Shattered Tennis’s Racial Barriers — Don’t Let Her Story Be Forgotten

She Helped Led a Slave Revolt While 9 Months Pregnant — The Story of La Mulâtresse Solitude

Still Glowing at 76: The First Black Woman to Represent South Africa in Miss World

West African Masks: Preserving the Spirit of Tradition

Ghana’s Asante King Welcomes Home Looted Royal Artifacts After More Than A Century Away

In 1940, Hattie McDaniel Made History as the First Black Oscar Winner — Yet Wasn’t Allowed to Sit with Her Co-Stars Because of the Hotel’s ‘No Blacks’ Policy

She Died at 24 — But Alice Augusta Ball’s Breakthrough Saved Millions from Leprosy for Decades