This Day In History: May 30th Former Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois proposed a bill to organize the Territory of…
This Day In History: January 30th Lawyer and politician Sharon Pratt gained national attention when she won the 1990 mayoral…
The First African-American Mayor of Los Angeles Elected On May 29, 1973, Thomas “Tom” Bradley made history when he was…
This Day In History: May 28th Abolitionist and church leader Eliza Ann Gardener is a voice of the abolitionist movement…
This Day In History: May 28th Activist and wife of Malcolm X, Betty Shabazz, began her organizing efforts in her…
This Day In History: May 26th Outside of being respected icons, one might wonder what else actress Pam Grier and…
This Day In History: May 24th Famed “Lady Marmalade” songstress Patti LaBelle has spent more than 60 years capturing audiences…
This Day In History: May 23rd Benjamin Sherman Crothers, better known by his stage name Scatman, began his career auditioning…
This Day In History: May 21st On the night of May 21, 1961, more than 1,000 Black residents and civil…
Writer and activist Lorraine Hansberry wrote the landmark play, “A Raisin in the Sun,” about a Black family in Chicago…
This Day In History: May 18th One of five new African-American Members elected to Congress in 2002, Denise Majette, ran…
Sharpe James, the charismatic, longest-serving mayor in Newark, New Jersey’s history, and fierce advocate for a revitalization of the downtown…