General Harriet Tubman

General Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman masterminds a plan to free hundreds of slaves as a spy and soldier for the Union Army. Now see the story of how she led her people to victory!

You've seen the story of how Harriet Tubman lead her people to freedom. Official page for the film General Harriet Tubman, currently in development.

07/30/2025

Bubba Wallace made NASCAR history at this year’s Brickyard 400. On July 27, he became the first Black driver to claim a crown jewel victory on the legendary 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Read more about his win at the link here: https://bit.ly/3UDkqjW

07/20/2025

Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony
From the elegance of Thursday night’s Masquerade Party to the solemn pride of Friday morning… we rise with purpose.

Join us Friday July 25th at 9:00 AM for one of the most meaningful moments of the 60th Convention: The Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony, taking place at the Hilton Atlanta Downtown. This event is free and open to the public.

During the ceremony, we will honor 16 newly discovered Montford Point Marines by presenting their families with the nation’s highest civilian award, the Congressional Gold Medal.

This isn’t just a ceremony. It’s a tribute to courage, sacrifice, and a legacy too long overlooked. Come witness history being made and help us continue telling their amazing story.


07/20/2025

Harriet Tubman Day is celebrated on March 10 every year. This former slave, born Araminta Ross, fought tirelessly to free other slaves by assisting them in fleeing their captors. Tubman is celebrated all around the United States, especially in Maryland and New York, two states, which held great significance in her life. She is most commonly known for the underground railroad which refers to the network of safe houses she used to help slaves escape. March 10, Harriet Tubman Day, the date of her death, is a day to remember the heroic actions of this great woman and honor her work by fighting racism wherever you see it.

07/20/2025

You might not expect to see a group of Black horsemen riding through the streets of North Philly.

But for Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club, that unexpected image is the whole point.

Founded officially in 2004 by Ellis “El-Dog” Ferrell, but rooted in a culture that stretches back over a century, Fletcher Street URC is a non-profit that uses horseback riding and urban horsemanship to uplift at-risk youth.

With a mission rooted in mentorship, legacy, and community care, the club is more than just a stable. It’s a safe haven.

Read more: https://www.theqgentleman.com/post/2025-06-this-nonprofit-wants-every-kid-in-philly-to-know-black-cowboys-are-real/

07/20/2025

Tucked deep in the Appalachian Mountains, where Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina meet, lived a people whose history defied every label America tried to give them.

They were called the Melungeons—a mysterious and resilient ethnic group born of many bloodlines. Mediterranean sailors, African Americans, Native tribes, South Asians, Middle Easterners, and Europeans—all wove their stories into this unique community.

Families like the Weavers, descended from East Indian indentured servants and Indigenous tribes, embodied this heritage. Their children might have pale, olive, or dark skin—siblings shaped by generations of intertwined ancestry. No one feature defined them.

But in a divided world, that diversity became their burden. Not white enough for white society, they were met with suspicion, discrimination, and legal exclusion. For centuries, they lived in the shadows, carving out lives in mountain hollows, creating a culture all their own—blending languages, traditions, and strength.

The Melungeons remind us that American identity is not one story, but many. That what some tried to erase, history now seeks to understand.

07/20/2025

Retired NFL star LeSean McCoy has launched a $16.7 million affordable housing community, JMB Gardens, in his hometown of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Named after his grandparents, the development features 41 townhomes—including ADA-accessible units—and a central community hub.

Backed by state and local leaders, McCoy says the project reflects his commitment to uplifting the community that raised him.

https://www.blackenterprise.com/lesean-mccoy-16m-affordable-housing-project/

07/15/2025

Madame Sul-Te-Wan (1873-1959)

Madame Sul-Te-Wan was born on September 12, 1873 as Nellie Conley in Louisville, Kentucky where her widowed mother worked as a laundress. Madame Sul-Te-Wan was a pioneering stage and film actress who became one of the most prominent black performers in Hollywood during the silent film era. Her career spanned more than seventy years and she is best known as the first African American actress contracted to appear in D.W. Griffith’s groundbreaking and racist cinematic epic, Birth of a Nation (1915).

Madame Sul-Te-Wan’s interest in performing was awakened when she delivered laundry to Louisville’s Buckingham Theater where the white actresses who were her mother’s customers often invited young Nellie in to watch the shows. Two white actresses, Mary Anderson and F***y Davenport, wrangled an audition for her at a talent contest at the Buckingham which the youngster won. Moving to Cincinnati, Ohio with her mother, Madame Sul-Te-Wan worked in dance troupes and theater companies throughout the East and Midwest billed as “Creole Nell.” She later formed her own musical performing company, The Black Four Hundred. She reconstituted the group as the Rair Back Minstrels and toured the East Coast to great acclaim.
Madame Sul-Te-Wan married in 1910, gave birth to three sons, and moved her family to Arcadia, California where she hoped to break into California’s burgeoning film industry. Within two years of arriving in California, her husband deserted the family, leaving them destitute. Madame Sul-Te-Wan accepted charitable assistance and worked as a domestic in between stints as a singer and dancer in Southern California. In 1915, on learning that D.W. Griffith, a native of her hometown, was making a movie about the antebellum South and Reconstruction, the actress personally plead her case to the filmmaker and won a part in the cast of Birth of a Nation. Most of her role however, like that of the other black actors in the film, was deleted from the final cut. When the film was complete, Madam Sul-Te-Wan was discharged from Griffiths’ film company for “allegedly stealing a book from a white actress and inciting blacks to protest the film’s showing in the Los Angeles area.” Hiring prominent African American attorney E. Burton Ceruti, she successfully defended herself against the charges and was reinstated in the company. She continued to work in film until her death at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills on February 1, 1959.

06/22/2025

John Thomas Biggers (Artist)

06/22/2025

Juneteenth marks the arrival of freedom in Texas in 1865, as well as symbolizing the beginning of a new chapter in American history: the fight by those newly emancipated to live freely and safely across the country.

In Maryland, newly freed Black communities worked to build that future. Across the state, Black Marylanders founded schools, churches, and mutual aid societies, often with little outside support. Towns like Wallville (Calvert County) became symbols of resilience, self-determination, and community strength.

Delilah Janey Straiten (1833-1908) was a laundress who lived in Wallville. In this c.1900 photograph, she is pictured in front of her house

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