The information highlighted below originates from published resources that have been through an editorial review process. Selection of published resources to cite from are those that the curator believes to be lesser known works that deserve highlighting with the hope that readers may seek out those works for themselves in order to dig for deeper understanding.
Note that African American history and cultural informational facts are too numerous for a single listing; therefore, the specified listing that follow highlighting no more than ten listed facts will be updated as often as possible.
The below facts originate in part or whole from The World of Africans and Afro-Americans. Revised Edition, 1971. Published by The School District of Philadelphia.
- Africa is over three times the size of the continental United States.
- Cultural evidence supports that Africa is the cradle of civilization.
- The often highlighted ancient Egyptian civilization developed from African culture.
- The founding of the Sankore University at Timbuktu during the late fifteenth to early sixteenth centuries exemplifies African intellectual accomplishments.
The below facts originate in part or whole from Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in America 1619-1964. Revised Edition by Lerone Bennett, JR. Published by Penguin Books, 1970.
- Civil Rights Bill enacted by Congress, March 1, 1875. The bill gave Negroes the right to equal treatment in inns, public conveyances, theaters and other places of public amusement.
- Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed “world’s first successful heart operation” at Chicago’s Provident Hospital, July 9, 1893.
- “Jobs-for-Negroes” campaign began in 1929 Chicago with picketing of chain grocery stores on South Side, fall. The “Spend Your Money Where You Can Work” campaign spread to New York, Cleveland, Los Angeles, and continued throughout the depression.