The building that houses the John Brown Russwurm African American Center was originally built in 1827 for Professor Alpheus Spring Packard, Professor of Ancient Language and Classical Literature who ...

Sanborn calls a meeting of the "Secret Six." 15. Chatham, Canada May 8, 1858 - John Brown meets with African American leaders to promote his plan to incite a slave revolt in Virginia.

On October 16, 1859, John Brown led 21 men on an assault at Harpers ... Dangerfield Newby, a strong, 6'2" African American, was the first of Brown's men to die in the fighting.

Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody J. Stewart will be the keynote speaker Tuesday at the second annual John Brown Institute ...

National Museum of African American History and Culture Wooden drum used on the Sea Islands, South Carolina National Museum of African American History and Culture Poster advertising a James Brown ...

Antron Brown wasn't even on the track during the ... The 36-year-old drag racer has become the first African American to win a major auto racing title in the United States after watching his ...

When "The Brown Bomber" avenged his ... amateur bouts and gained the attention of John Roxborough, king of the numbers rackets in Detroit's African-American neighborhoods. Roxborough and Julian ...

A man's quest to trace his African-American father has been told in a new documentary. Terry Harrison, from Leicester, is one ...

Terry Harrison was one of about 2,000 so-called "brown babies" born during ... spent years visiting the grave of African-American serviceman John L Hendricks But Mr Harrison had a DNA test during ...