1912 - This Georgia County Drove Out Every Black Resident
Stacey Abrams’ victory in the Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary put her one step closer to becoming the first black female...
1913 to 1921 - President Woodrow Wilson (Democratic Party)
President Woodrow Wilson: Pro-Segregationist Democrat In 1912 Bishop Alexander Walters, who had campaigned in 1908 for the Democratic...
1914 - Sarah Rector, The Black Girl So Wealthy She Was Considered To Be White
The long period in American history between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement carried on the legacy of racism against black...
1915 - Blind Connie Williams born in south Florida (watch performance)
Blind Connie Williams, born in south Florida in 1915. A street musician who was based in Philadelphia for most of his life, Williams...
1915 - Lift Every Voice and Sing is the African-American national anthem
Many people are surprised to learn that "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was first written as a poem. Created by James Weldon Johnson, it was...
1915 - Grandfather Law repealed: Guinn v. United States
Guinn v. United States (1915) held the “grandfather clause” enacted by the Oklahoma State Legislature invalid because it violated the...
1915 - Birth of a Nation
History is usually written by the winners. But that wasn’t the case when The Birth of a Nation was released on February 8, 1915. In just...
1917 to 1937 - Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance, a blossoming (c. 1918–37) of African American culture, particularly in the creative arts, and the most influential...
1917 - Fed up with violent discrimination, these black soldiers took to the streets of Houston for b
It was raining on the night of August 23, 1917, when a group of black soldiers took to the streets in Houston. They were there to protest...
1917 - East St. Louis Race Riot
No one really knows about this. . . . I know about it because my father, uncles and aunts lived through it,” Dhati Kennedy says. He’s...