On August 20, 1914, Alfred C. “Chief” Sam departed Galveston, Texas, accompanied by 60 African American delegates bound for the…
It started on this day in 1958. And it was sparked by a question from her teenage daughter, “Why didn’t…
This Day In History: August 19th Veteran and astronaut Charles F. Bolden Jr. made history in 2009 when he was appointed…
On August 18, 1964, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a decisive move against South Africa, issuing a formal ban…
The face of pan-Africanism, Marcus Garvey was a black nationalist who is known for sparking the “Back to Africa” movement.…
Angela Evelyn Bassett, born August 16, 1958, in New York City, has become a defining figure in American cinema, notable…
The Town of Eatonville, Florida is Established The small town of Eatonville, Florida, began with a desire to have an…
Civil rights organization the NAACP recently announced a new initiative to mobilize voters for the 2026 election through a series…
Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith, better known as Bricktop, was born on August 14, 1894, in Alderson, West…
On August 13, 1881, Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga. opened the first African American nursing school. African Americans seeking hospital…
On this day, August 12, 1890, in Washington, D.C., Annie Wilson Lillian Evans, known to the world as Lillian Evanti,…
On August 11, 1965, more than 30,000 people in Los Angeles’ Watts neighborhood began rioting after the arrest of a…