Black History Monthly Recap with Professor Manisha Sinha on Black History University.com, powered by The Gist of Freedom! 

-Reconstruction Black Senators & HBCUs 

-Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King & Voting Rights, Sanitation Strike, Poor People's Campaign

-Louisiana Black Delegation, led by E. Arnold Bertonneau and Jean-Baptiste Roudanez, visit President Lincoln to discuss voting rights!

Dr. James Edward Shepard founded North Carolina College for Blacks in Durham, North Carolina. 

He used a section of land on the edge of Durham, to establish the National Religious Training School.

The school served as an institution “for the colored race” and initially held classes for ministers and teachers.  

In 1898 Shepard along with John Merrick established North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company in Durham.  Eventually, Shepard founded Farmers and Mechanics Bank in Durham as well.

Images: Ida B Well Barbie doll, John Brown Cave, Nat Turner Cave, Rosenwald School, Howard law students