InBuzzFeed CollectionsbyJohn Stanton·Jul 1, 2016The Fight to Resurrect America’s Most Important Black BeachGulfside Assembly — the only place where black Americans could visit a coastal beach during Jim Crow — was once known as a civil rights…
InBuzzFeed CollectionsbyBrian Castner·Jul 1, 2016Meet Linda Cox, The First Woman To Disarm Bombs For The U.S. MilitaryLinda Cox overcame discrimination, ridicule, and explosives to become the military’s first female bomb technician over 40 years ago. Just…A response icon3A response icon3
InBuzzFeed CollectionsbyMichelle Nijhuis·Jul 1, 2016The Abandoned Plan That Could Have Saved America From DroughtThe North American Water and Power Alliance was an audacious proposal to divert water to parched western states that would have cost…
InBuzzFeed CollectionsbyThomas Gounley·Jul 1, 201625 Years After The Great Missouri Earthquake That Never HappenedOn Dec. 3, 1990, an earthquake was supposed to level the small town of New Madrid, Missouri and become one of the biggest natural disasters…
InBuzzFeed CollectionsbySteve Knopper·Jul 1, 2016Joe Dorsey’s Big Fight: How An Unknown Boxer Knocked Out Segregation In LouisianaIn 1955, an African-American boxer in New Orleans named Joe Dorsey sued the state of Louisiana for the right to fight against white…
InBuzzFeed CollectionsbySarah Weinman·Jul 1, 2016How A Forgotten 1903 Killing Spree Became America’s First Modern Mass ShootingOn August 13, 1903, Gilbert Twigg opened fire during a concert in Winfield, Kansas, killing nine and injuring dozens. There was no motive…
InBuzzFeed CollectionsbyElena Carter·Jul 1, 2016Are These Former Black Panthers Murderers Or Martyrs?In 1971, Omaha Black Panther leaders Edward Poindexter and Mondo we Langa were sentenced to life in prison for a bombing that killed a…
InBuzzFeed CollectionsbyAdamSerwer·Jul 1, 2016The Secret History Of The Photo At The Center Of The Black Confederate MythA 160-year-old tintype depicting Andrew Chandler and his slave Silas, both in Confederate uniform, has long been used as evidence that…A response icon1A response icon1
InBuzzFeed CollectionsbyNatalie Shure·Jul 1, 2016How The West Was Wrong: The Mystery Of SacagaweaSince aiding Lewis and Clark on their famed 19th-century expedition across the West, this Shoshone heroine has become a symbol for…A response icon3A response icon3
InBuzzFeed Collectionsbysyreeta mcfadden·Jul 1, 2016How To Survive A LynchingLawrence Beitler was sitting on the front porch of his home in Marion, Indiana, when someone asked him to tote his 8×10 view camera to the…A response icon10A response icon10
