- The oldest Black female Greek-letter organization, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA), was founded at Howard University in 1908. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Alpha), the first Black male Greek-letter organization, was founded in 1906 at Cornell University.
- It’s estimated that around 100,000 enslaved people escaped to the North via the Underground Railroad from 1810 to 1850.
- In July 1777, Vermont became the first colony to ban slavery.
- In 1738, a group of newly freed men and women founded the town Gracia Real De Santa Teresa De Mose, Florida. Just two miles away from St. Augustine, it’s considered to be the first-ever free Black settlement in the U.S., but was abandoned following the Seven Years’ War in 1763.
Resource: 24 Black History Facts You May Not Know – Oprah Magazine
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