Truth
Ndaté Yalla Mbodj: The Last Queen of Waalo
In 1846, a woman was crowned queen of a kingdom the French were determined to conquer. Her name was Ndaté Yalla Mbodj. She ruled...
Saint Maurice: The Black Egyptian Martyr Who Shaped European Faith and...
Saint Maurice was born in Egypt. He died in Switzerland. And his image became one of the most powerful symbols of Black sanctity in...
The Chitlin’ Circuit: How Segregation Built the Soundtrack of America
In the segregated United States, Black performers had a problem. They could not play in white clubs. And Black audiences could not attend white...
Chowan Beach: The Oasis on the Chowan River
In 1928, a man named Eli Reid bought 400 acres of land on the banks of the Chowan River in Hertford County, North Carolina....
American Beach: The Ocean Playground That Refused to Disappear
In January 1935, the Afro-American Life Insurance Company purchased thirty-three acres of land on Amelia Island, Florida, with a thousand feet of shoreline. The...
Sislin Fay Allen: The Nurse Who Became Britain’s First Black Policewoman
Sislin Fay Allen was on her lunch break at Queen's Hospital in Croydon when she saw the advert. It was 1968. The Metropolitan Police...
The Historic Black Beach Communities of Azurest
In 1947, a Brooklyn schoolteacher named Maude Terry had an idea. She wanted a summer community where Black families could own homes near the...
Highland Beach: The Black Resort Built from a Single Insult
In the winter of 1892, Major Charles Douglass and his wife Laura made a reservation for dinner at the Bay Ridge Hotel on the...
Oak Bluffs: Freed Slaves Bought Land from White Methodists
Oak Bluffs sits on the northern tip of Martha's Vineyard, a small town of gingerbread cottages and quiet beaches. For most of the year,...
The Black Eden of Michigan: How Idlewild Became a Sanctuary for...
In 1912, when Black travellers were banned from public lakes, cabins, and hotels across the Midwest, a group of entrepreneurs bought nearly 3,000 acres...
