The Black Belt was a region located in the Southern United States. The term 'Black Belt' was initially used to define the prairies/ the productive black soils found in Central Alabama and Northeast of Mississippi. Another meaning of the term Black Belt was a region...
Booker T. Washington (Tuskegee Institute, Author, Educator and Presidential Advisor) and Julius Rosenwald (Philanthropist and president of Sears Roebuck) were the muscle behind Rosenwald Schools in the American South. During the inception of Rosenwald Schools, the South was deeply segregated leaving a deficiency of quality...
Sister Rosetta Tharpe is considered to be the “Godmother of Rock and Roll.” Tharpe was born to cotton pickers in the year 1915 in Arkansas. Her humble beginnings would influence her future since her mother was a member of a black Pentecostal church, which often...
Andrew Jackson- being the 7th President of the United States, left a legacy that has been deliberated since the Old Hickory political lifeline. Acknowledged as an aggressive, strong-willed, and contentious leader, Jackson's faultfinders pinpoint his punitive handling of the enslaved laborers. He is also credited...