
Tag Archive: african american history


Jeremiah Hamilton: Wall Street’s First Black Millionaire
Posted on October 23, 2015 2:48 pm Leave your thoughtsby Shane White
Jeremiah Hamilton: Prince of Darkness
At a little after ten o’clock on Tuesday evening, July 14, 1863, the second day of the New York Draft Riots, a mob marched down East 29th Street chanting menacingly “68, … Read the article

New York’s First Black Firefighters
Posted on May 29, 2015 8:02 pm 1 CommentBy Ginger Adams Otis
Black Firefighters
It’s no secret that FDNY firefighters are among the best in the world, but here’s a little-known fact about New York’s Bravest: a black woman was among the city’s earliest black firefighters. Her name … Read the article

Shedding the Mythology of the Good Slaveholder
Posted on July 22, 2014 10:00 am 2 CommentsBy Chris Tomlinson
Tomlinson Hill is the stunning story of two families—one white, one black—who trace their roots to a slave plantation that bears their name.
My grandfather used to tell me that our family had owned slaves before the Civil … Read the article