Black History: Facts, People & Month | HISTORY

Bet You Didn’t Know: Rosa Parks

Did you know Rosa Parks wasn’t the first African American woman to refuse to give up her seat? Get the full story.

George Washington Carver

How did George Washington Carver bring science to the Tuskegee Institute?

Black History Month

A brief look at the history of African Americans and Black History Month.

Slavery in America

In 1619, the Dutch introduced the first captured Africans to America, planting the seeds of a slavery system that evolved into a nightmare of abuse and cruelty that would ultimately divide the nation.

Integration of Central High School

Led by civil rights pioneer Daisy Bates, these nine brave Arkansas teenagers broke through racial barriers to become the first black students to attend Little Rock High School.

Brown v. Board of Education

In 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously strikes down segregation in public schools, sparking the Civil Rights movement.

Voting Rights Bill

Newsreel footage of President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Bill.

Selma to Montgomery March

Newsreel footage of the freedom march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, led by Martin Luther King, Jr.

101st Airborne Escorts the Little Rock Nine

Silent footage of members of the 101st U.S. Airborne Division escorting the Little Rock Nine into Central High School on September 25, 1957.

Niagara Movement

W.E.B. Dubois was integral to the advancement of racial equality.

Stokely Carmichael

Stokely Carmichael, leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, spoke to a crowd in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1964.

Malcolm X

Malcolm X speaks to reporters about the Black Nationalist Movement and the need to establish Black Rifle Clubs.