Cathay Williams, first African-American woman to serve in the U.S. Army

On November 15, 1866 Cathay Williams became the first African American woman to serve in the U.S. Army, and the only woman to serve in the U.S. Army as a Buffalo Soldier.

Lincoln Home, social services for Black Americans in early 20th century Pueblo, Colorado

In 1905 The Colored Orphanage and Old Folks Home was known as, "the only home for colored children in an area of seven states." The Lincoln Home was started by the Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs in the city of Pueblo and became the only known Black orphanage in Colorado. Built in 1906, the home moved in 1914 to two small red-brick houses that were built closely together on 2714 North Grand Avenue, where it remained until the city’s segregated orphanage system ended in 1963.

Women pioneers of reparations

Previously I posted about Henrietta Wood. Here are other early women pioneers for reparations.

Belinda (Royal) Sutton was born in 1712 in Ghana. She was abandoned by her enslaver, who had offered emancipation upon his death or her transfer to his daughter. If she chose freedom he provided 30 pounds for three years so she wouldn’t be a public charge. In 1783, at 63 years old, Sutton filed a petition to the Massachusetts General Court requesting a pension from the estate of her former enslaver.

Solomon Carter Fuller, M.D., a Black Mental Health Pioneer

Solomon Carter Fuller, M.D., the first known Black psychiatrist in America and an early pioneer in the fight against Alzheimer's.

Summer Scene, 1866 by G. Gable

Attawell Summer CreativeApril 5, 2023Harry Stephens, Crawfordsville, Georgia, Crawfordsville Georgia, Georgia history, Eliza Stephens, 1800s, 1860s, G. Gable, historic photography, historic photographs, Alexander Hamilton Stephens, American history, Black history 365, Black history blog

Artifacts found near Harriet Tubman Birthplace

Attawell Summer CreativeFebruary 15, 2023Harriet Tubman, Baltimore history, Baltimore, Baltimore Maryland, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, archaeology, slavery, New England, slaves, enslaved people, artifacts, Dorchester County history, Thompson Farm, Ben Ross, Black history, American history

Happy Birthday, Emmett

Attawell Summer CreativeJuly 25, 2022Mamie Till-Mobley, Mamie Till, Mississippi, racism, lynching, Anti-lynching Bill, Civil Rights Movement, Carolyn Bryant, Jim Crow, Black history, American history, Roy Bryant, J.W. Milam, 1950s, 1955, Emmett Till

A Texan Family — Black History in Texas

Attawell Summer CreativeSeptember 2, 2021Black Texans, Texas history, Black history, American history, Washington on the Brazos, Washington Coutny, Brenham, Eli Thomas Randon, Hattie Banks Randon, Earl Alexander Randon, Winkelmann’s Studio, 1900s, Victorian photography, Victorian era, Black Victorians

The Brownies' Book

Attawell Summer CreativeSeptember 1, 2021The Crisis, The Brownies' Book, W. E. B. Du Bois, Augustus Granville Dill, Jessie Redmon Fauset, NAACP, Harlem Renaissance, Black literature, literature, children's literature, Black history, American history

The History Behind the Color Haint Blue

Haint blue is a collection of pale shades of blue-green that are traditionally used to paint porch ceilings in the southern United States that originated from the Gullah Geechee people.

Before the Green Book, These Resorts Offered Hidden Safe Havens for Black Americans

Attawell Summer CreativeMay 25, 2021Idlewild Michigan, Idlewild, The Black Eden, The Green Book, segregation, travel during segregation, Jim Crow, 19th Century, 19th Century history, Black history, American history, Black travelers, traveling while Black, summer vacation, 1930s, 1920s

The children of Jeremiah and Nancy Brown of Forsyth County Georgia

Attawell Summer CreativeMay 22, 2021Forsyth County Georgia, Forsyth County, Georgia, Jeremiah and Nancy Brown, Georgia history, Black history, American history, 1900s, 1800s, Victorian Era

Henry "Box" Brown

Henry “Box” Brown (c. 1815 – June 15, 1897) was a 19th-century Virginia slave who escaped to freedom at the age of 33 by arranging to have himself mailed in a wooden crate in 1849 to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.