This Day In History: January 13th Despite being born 70 years before women earned the right to vote, Charlotte E.…
Joseph William Frazier was born Jan. 12, 1944, in Beaufort, South Carolina. He became one of boxing’s defining heavyweight champions…
This Day In History: January 11th The Grammy Award-winning artist, Mary J Blige, has been providing fans with hits since…
Chester Arthur Burnett, better known to the world as Howlin’ Wolf, was born June 10, 1910, in the rural heart…
This Day In History: January 9th Entrepreneur and publisher Earl G. Graves Sr. was a strong supporter of Black-owned businesses…
The African National Congress (ANC) was initially founded as the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) on January 8, 1912,…
On January 7, 1923, the all-Black town of Rosewood, Florida, was attacked and burned to the ground by a white mob.…
This Day In History: January 6th Director, producer and screenwriter John Singleton first made waves in the film industry in…
On Jan. 5, 1943, George Washington Carver, one of the most influential American scientists and educators of the early 20th…
On Jan. 4, 1937, Grace Bumbry was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and eventually became one of the most influential…
On Jan. 3, 1984, the Rev. Jesse Jackson secured the release of U.S. Navy Lt. Robert O. Goodman, who had…
This Day In History: January 2nd Attorney, scholar and economist Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander was a woman of many firsts…