All posts tagged "African-American"
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19.0K10MassachusettsCrispus Attucks, ‘The First To Defy, The First To Die’ in the Boston Massacre
On the wintry night of March 5, 1770, a tall, angry sailor named Crispus Attucks led a resentful mob of civilians in a fight...
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9.4K17MassachusettsRichard Crafus, Black Captive King of the War of 1812
During the War of 1812, more than a thousand African-American prisoners in Dartmoor Prison toed the line set by a tall, powerful...
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6.9K11Politics and Military12 New England Military Heroes, Sung and Unsung
New England has given countless military heroes to the United States of America over its history. Their heroism took many different forms....
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5.1K6ConnecticutPrudence Crandall, Connecticut’s Heroic Schoolteacher
In 1831, Prudence Crandall bought a large empty house in Canterbury, Conn., setting off a national controversy. She had the effrontery to educate...
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7.6K4Arts and LeisureThe Other Alexander Hamilton Visits Newport, 1744
In 1744, Dr. Alexander Hamilton took a long trip to New England for his health. Given the rigors of travel in those...
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4.7K2MassachusettsThe 54th Massachusetts Regiment Waits 18 Months To Get Paid
Exactly one year after the 54th Massachusetts Regiment marched through Boston Common in a blaze of glory, Pvt. Francis H. Fletcher wrote bitterly...
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8.1K7Arts and LeisureRock ‘N Roll Banned in Boston After Alan Freed Causes ‘Riot’
Rock ‘n roll was banned in Boston and five other Northeast cities in 1958 after an alleged riot broke out following Chuck...
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7.5K4Arts and LeisureThe Night James Brown Saved Boston
James Brown, the hardest working man in show biz, worked extra hard on April 5, 1968 to keep Boston calm in the...
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2.7K2ConnecticutHarrison B. Fitch, UConn’s First African-American Basketball Standout, Holds His Head High
Until his death in the early 1990s, Harrison B. Fitch rooted for the basketball team that stood by him when racists on...
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15.2K18Business and LaborOna Judge Staines, the Fugitive Slave Who Outwitted George Washington
During George Washington’s final months as president, a 20-year-old slave named Ona Judge Staines slipped out of the President’s House in Philadelphia....
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