In celebration of Black History Month and Black history all year round, what little-known facts did you recently discover?
James Ellerby, Harrisburg, Pa.
Most of the civil rights leaders favored socialist policies. They saw that capitalism was intrinsically linked to racism.
Wesley Patterson, Augusta, Ga.
Chicago was founded by a Haitian.
Jennifer Mcshan, Cleveland
What we know as Central Park in NYC was once Seneca Village. The inhabitants were well-off Blacks, and the land was taken using eminent domain.
L. Justice, Washington, D.C.
Reconstruction was a success, not a failure. That’s why they started lynching us.
Eugene Lovette, Charleston, S.C.
Osborne Dorsey invented the doorknob and the doorstop.
Compiled by Sarafina Wright
