
Queen Elizabeth and Haille Salassie




Scottsboroboys in jail

nfamous 1931 miscarriage of justice close to being reversed as state government considers law to allow for pardon
George Herriman passed for white, but could never hide his kinky hair! Many thought he was Greek or Sephardic to explain his unique features and part of the reason Herriman was likely always wearing a hat was to hide his naps

black mother, white children | mulatto diaries
May 3, 1948 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks & other minorities were legally not enforceable in Shelley v Kraemer. The Shelley’s shown here in the photo purchased a home in a St. Louis area where 39 people owned 57 parcels of land. In February of 1911 30 of the owners signed an agreement or a restrictive covenant not to sell to African or Asian Americans. In August of 1945 the Shelley’s purchased a home in the neighborhood. Kraemer’s sued.





![Henrietta Lacks (August 1 1920 October 4 1951)[1] (sometimes erroneously called Henrietta Lakes Helen Lane or Helen Larson) was an African-American woman who was the unwitting source of cells (from her cancerous tumor) which were cultured by George Otto Gey to create the first known human immortal cell line for medical research. This is now known as the HeLa cell line.[2] #africanamericanhistory #african #american #history #dr. #who](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/74/55/33/745533bf8d64e178e3932e491ead0e98.jpg)







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