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A Story of High Seas Heroism: The Recapture of the Schooner S.J. Waring by William Tillman

April 8, 2023

By Dannie D. Gore, Sr. William Tillman, a steward and cook on the merchant schooner S.J. Waring, was faced with a brutal choice: slavery or death. The vessel was boarded by men from the rebel privateer Jeff Davis, and Tillman was told that he, like the ship, was southern property and would be sold into bondage when […]

Really, Only 28 Days!

February 27, 2023

By Jaden, Class of 2021 The first people on earth were Black People. They lived in Africa a very long time ago. One of the places Black people lived was Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. They were hunters and fishers. At first, they had no clothes, tools, or houses. Then, they invented thousands of things. The first […]

Judson Whitlocke Lyons U.S. Register of the Treasury

January 15, 2023

Presented by Dannie Gore, Sr. Judson W. Lyons (1860-1924) was the 2nd African American Register of the United States Treasury, appointed by President William McKinley 1898-1906. One of America’s highest ranking African American government leaders at the time. Lyons’ signature appears on many notes during that period, including the 1899 $5 Silver Certificate commonly called […]