The First African Woman To Receive The Nobel Peace Prize Renowned Kenyan scholar and activist, Wangari Maathai, made history on…
“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 Chicago’s South Side. Bernard Jeffrey McCullough was born…
The landlocked Kingdom of Lesotho was once home to the Sotho people during the 16th century. The territory, completely surrounded…
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…
The Federal Republic of Nigeria, currently home to more than 200 million people, gained independence from Great Britain on October 1,…
On this day in 1962, violence erupted in Oxford, Mississippi, as James H. Meredith, an African American Air Force veteran,…
The television industry was scratching the surface of its capabilities in the 1970s. Cable television was still in its infancy,…
On this day in 1919, a white mob in Omaha, Nebraska, lynched Will Brown after he was accused of raping…
On September 27, 1915, Xavier University of Louisiana opened its doors to Native Americans and Black students in the South.…