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Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio, and became the 18th President of the United States.
Robert Bud Jones, one of the last surviving Black Canadian veterans of World War II, fought in Europe and passed away in 2021.
The history of the Black Church in Canada is explored through its music and heritage, highlighting its significance over four centuries and its evolving role in society.
During the Civil War, Harriet Tubman served the Union as a scout, nurse, cook, and spy while helping others escape slavery.
Eighty new Canadian citizens from 25 different places take their oaths in a citizenship court presided over by Stanley G. Grizzle, Canada's first Black judge.
William Still sheltered hundreds of fugitive slaves in Philadelphia during the 1850s and documented their journeys in *The Underground Railroad Records*.
Three circus kings, P.T. Barnum, James Bailey, and John Ringling, competed for control of the American circus in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
A historic expedition of nearly 2,000 miles was undertaken by black soldiers on bicycles from Missoula, Montana, to St. Louis, Missouri, 125 years ago.
Participants in an Underground Railroad reenactment run through the woods while being chased by catchers, simulating the experience of fugitives from slavery.
On October 29, 1862, the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment became the first Black soldiers to see combat in the Civil War during the Battle of Island Mound.
