Black Pride Productions

02/11/2026

Today in Black History in 1780: Businessman Paul Cuffe and eight other free Blacks petitioned the Revolutionary government against "taxation without representation". Cuffe was a well to do business owner, abolitionist, and landowner. The men felt that they were being taxed but not allowed to vote for those who were placing the taxes on their earnings. Cuffe also had an interest in Africa and used his own ships to take settlers to Sierre Leone at no cost to them. He also brought African products from Africa to Europe, Russia, and America. Three years after submitting the petition, Massachusetts court ruled that African Americans did have the right to vote if they paid taxes.
taken from; Eyewitness; a Living Documentary of the African American Contribution to American History

02/10/2026

02/03/2026

On this day in African American history: After more than three years of court action the NAACP finally succeeded in getting the doors to the University of Alabama opened for Autherine Lucy to walk through. Lucy expected the turmoil that her entrance application would cause and she thought she was prepared to handle it. She just did not expect the three year struggle it would bring. After beginning her classes amid threats and riots from students and community members, the school suspended Lucy. Even though she had a degree from the all Black Miles College, she was not able to find a job after her expulsion from the University of Alabama. Eventually she did find work as a teacher, moved to Texas, married her college sweetheart, raised five children, and re-applied to the University in 1988 and graduated in 1992. She hesitated, followed a different path for a while, but never gave up and reached her goal.