On October 24, between 2,000 and 3,000 members of the three racially integrated unions, the Black Teamsters, the Scalesmen and…
This Day In History: October 24th The landlocked nation of Zambia is located in South-central Africa and has a population…
On October 23, 1940, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known to the world as Pelé, was born in Três Corações,…
Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton organized their beliefs and a generation of African Americans to form the Black Panthers…
John Birks Gillespie was born on October 21, 1917, in Cheraw, South Carolina. Gillespie moved with his family to Philadelphia,…
This Day In History: October 20th West Coast native and rapper, Snoop Dogg, has been a fan favorite since the…
This Day In History: October 19th During the time of World War II, marked by significant racial tension, two qualified…
Entertainer and musician Chuck Berry transcended generations and captured audiences by putting his listeners’ amusement above all else. Berry was…
Physician and astronaut Mae Carol Jemison was born on October 17, 1956, in Decatur, Alabama. In 1992, Jemison made history…
On October 16, 1995, hundreds of thousands of Black men filled the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The Million Man…
When Tommie Smith and John Carlos lined up on the starting blocks at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City,…
William Hastie Nominated To U.S. Court of Appeals Attorney, politician and federal judge William H. Hastie served the U.S. Judicial…