African American History of South Dakota

Gary Enright of the 1881 Courthouse Museum shares with us the story of Sarah "Aunt Sally" Campbell who was born a slave but became a property owner and a successful entrepreneur during the Black Hills gold rush.

Oscar Micheaux was a homesteader in Gregory County, South Dakota who became a world-renowned novelist and filmmaker. He was a pioneer in making films specifically targeted to a black audience.

The Allen Chapel served as a spiritual home to several generations of African Americans in Yankton.

The Blair Colony was homesteaded in Sully County, South Dakota in 1882 by Benjamin Blair

Cleveland Abbott has an impressive scorecard on and off the field. So, why don't more people know the South Dakota sports star's story?

Oscar Micheaux was the first Black filmmaker in the U.S. Scholar Marty Watson joins to discuss his life, legacy and her personal connection to the creator.

It has been a long road to get there for Porter Williams, now 80, but the art of sculpture creation finally found him thirty years ago. After struggling with pencils, he found relief in oils, but in the three-dimensional process of sculpting, he found his true purpose.

Among the settlers coming to Dakota Territory after the Civil War were a handful of Black Americans taking advantage of the Homestead Act and other land programs

A conversation with the bull fighting rodeo cowboy who successfully lobbied for state recognition of MLK Day and Native American Day.

Born a slave, Sarah Campbell (1823 - 1888) became a property owner and a successful entrepreneur during the Black Hills gold rush.