From 1932 to 1972, the United States Public Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention operated an extremely unethical medical experiment on the effects of outcomes of untreated syphilis. Hundreds of poor Black men...

Afflicting nearly 1 in 10 Americans, syphilis was ravaging the U.S. in the 1930s. Many doctors believed syphilis affected Black and white patients differently, and the Public Health Service launched an experiment to investigate,...

Explore George Washington Carver's transformative work at the Tuskegee Institute, where he led agricultural innovations to help Southern farmers revive their soil through crop rotation. Learn how his discoveries with peanuts and other...

Cherokee blacksmith, soldier, and community leader Sequoyah ensured that his people’s language and culture would be preserved – by developing the Cherokee syllabary.

This video explores Rosa Parks' early years, detailing her upbringing in Tuskegee, Alabama, and the challenges of growing up amidst racial segregation and threats from the Ku Klux Klan. It discusses her education at Montgomery...

You're probably aware that the United States healthcare system is letting down many Black Americans. Today, Danielle looks at the historic reasons for distrust of medical establishment in the Black community as well as why these huge...

Adam Phyall is a former high school science teacher and currently serving as the Director of Technology and Media Services for Newton County School System in Covington, GA. Since Adam got his first laptop in college, he has been hooked...

Ozier Muhammad graduated with a B.A., in photography from Columbia College in Chicago. He has been a photojournalist for more than 3 decades. His first job was as a staff photographer at Ebony Magazine. Ozier joined The Charlotte...

Learn about the life of Booker T. Washington, a prominent American educator and reformer.

How the skills and bravery of men in combat helped to desegregate the military.

In this video, we learn about the life and accomplishments of George Washington Carver, an American botanist known for his work with peanuts. The video covers Carver's early life, his schooling years, his time at Tuskegee Institute, and...