The Paul Robeson and the Peekskill riots On the 27th of August 1949, the Afro-American singer Paul Robeson was due to hold a concert in Lakeland Acres, north of Peekskill, New York. However, the event descended into race riots directed against African Americans and Jews. This all happened due to the fact that the concert …
The incredible story of Eugene Bullard: the world’s first Afro-American fighter pilot Born in Columbus, Georgia on the 9th of October 1895, Eugene Bullard was the 7th of 10 children to his father William Octave Bullard and mother Josephine “Yokalee” Thomas. While his father hailed from Martinique, his mother was an indigenous woman of the …
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