Tag: Jim Crow era
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Māhealani Uchiyama, Hawaii’s first Black hula master, releases “A Lei For Reverend King” honoring MLK while highlighting historical connections between Hawaiian and African American cultures.
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The University of Georgia’s first African American football player, James “Jim” Hurley, will receive the “Uncommon Valor Award” from the Athens branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) for his pioneering…
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The inspiring story of Marshall “Major” Taylor, the pioneering Black cycling champion who defied racism and shattered records to become the first global superstar Black athlete in the 1890s.
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