On August 18, 1964, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a decisive move against South Africa, issuing a formal ban…
Jacob Ware, Georgetown University As the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, its citizens commemorate a democracy more diverse, free…
Y’all . . . I just heard some funny shit on Martha Stewart’s internet. White grievance in America has officially…
On this day in 1960, Gabon gained independence from France. Prior to French rule, around 5,000 B.C., Gabon was inhabited…
Angela Evelyn Bassett, born August 16, 1958, in New York City, has become a defining figure in American cinema, notable…
The Town of Eatonville, Florida is Established The small town of Eatonville, Florida, began with a desire to have an…
Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith, better known as Bricktop, was born on August 14, 1894, in Alderson, West…
We lost a real one, y’all. Flo Anthony, the powerhouse journalist who crashed through Page Six’s glass ceiling and kept…
The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began at least three months earlier than the reported date,…
On August 13, 1881, Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga., opened the first African American nursing school. African Americans seeking hospital…
Cue the chaos. Fasten your seatbelts, because the White House just grabbed the wheel of your pediatrician’s office…again. President Donald…
The frontline of community resilience The loss of funding for a long-running youth HIV and sexually transmitted infection prevention initiative…