“The Negroes are a colorful race. They call for an art as colorful as it can be made,” Sargent Claude…
This Day In History: October 6 From humble beginnings to a leading voice in the fight for equality, activist Fannie…
Actor and comedian Bernie Mac grew up in a large family on the south side of Chicago. Bernard Jeffrey McCullough…
This Day In History: October 4 The New Orleans Tribune, or la Tribune de la Nouvelle Orléans, was founded with…
On this day in 1949, history crackled across the airwaves when WERD, the first Black-owned and operated radio station in…
This Day In History: October 2nd The West African nation of Guinea is home to a population of more than…
Scientist George Carruthers Was Born Scientist George Carruthers Jr. used his talents to help reveal the mysteries of space and…
On this day in 1962, violence erupted in Oxford, Mississippi, as James H. Meredith, an African American Air Force veteran,…
This Day In History: September 30th In addition to being talented Grammy Award-winning singers, Cissy Houston and Johnny Mathis share…
The television industry was scratching the surface of its capabilities in the 1970s. Cable television was still in its infancy,…
The little-known Opelousas Massacre of 1868 represented a pivotal turning point in the Reconstruction-era South. A white supremacist group in…
On September 27, 1915, Xavier University of Louisiana opened its doors to Native Americans and Black students in the South.…