5 minThe First Black Frontier FilmmakerOscar Micheaux is not a household name like Martin Scorcese or Frank Capra or John Ford. But it should be.
5 minStagecoach MaryThe legend was a towering, six-foot-plus black woman named “Stagecoach Mary.” And she could drink, smoke, cuss, fistfight and shoot.
2 minBuffalo SoldiersBuffalo soldiers served west of the Mississippi, mainly to protect settlers moving West and fight in Native American conflicts.