by October Gallery
Belmead is an historic plantation located near Powhatan, Virginia. The plantation’s main residence, a two-story Gothic revival style structure, was built about 1845 and designed by the architect Alexander Jackson…
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Joseph Antonio “Fat Joe” Cartagena is an American rapper. Cartagena was born on August 19, 1970,…
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!The Sylvers, an R&B family vocal ensemble, was officially formed in the Watts section of Los…
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!R&B composer, singer, model Betty Mabry Davis, dubbed the Queen of Funk, was born on July…
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!The R&B doo-wop ensemble Brenda & the Tabulations began in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1966. They comprised…
The earliest evidence of African Americans as cattle herders (cowboys) in North America can be traced back to colonial South Carolina, where stock grazers from what is now Senegal in…
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!R&B doo-wop, balladeer duo Don & Juan hail from Long Beach, New York. They are pianist,…
Chris Dickerson, born Henri Christophe Dickerson, was the first African American to become Mr. America. He was born August 25, 1939, the youngest of triples, in Montgomery, Alabama. After his…
The California Gold Rush from 1848 to 1860 began after gold was discovered by carpenter and sawmill operator James W. Marshall on January 24, 1848. After Marshall’s discovery, thousands of…
Jaime R. Harrison is the current chairman of the Democratic National Committee and the first African American elected to chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party.Harrison was born on February…