Category: Explorers

Team of African American climbers in 2013, part of Expedition Denali. Photo Credit: © Expedition Denali.

United States – Denali Expedition

On June 7, 1913, Walter Harper, Harry Karstens, Hudson Stuck, and Robert Tatum were credited with being the first men to reach the top of Mt. McKinley’s, now known as Denali. To mark the 100th anniversary, a team of African Americans did a similar climb. Known as the Denali Expedition,.. Read More…

United States – California Gold Rush

Before the start of the Gold Rush Era (1848 to 1855), there were just a few dozen Black people in California. After gold was discovered on January 24, 1848 by James Wilson Marshall in Coloma on the American River in California, about four thousand Black people migrated to California. Many.. Read More…