This Day In History: July 9th Jester Hairston was a choir conductor, music composer, actor and Goodwill Ambassador with a…
This Day In History: July 8th Women’s health advocate and nurse Alyce “Faye” Wattleton began her mission during the 1970s…
Baseball’s stars of today are hoping to create their legacies during this year’s postseason. Many of the Black and…
This Day In History: July 5th The island country of Cape Verde, also known as Cabo Verde, gained its independence…
Tuskegee University Was Founded With the leadership of Dr. Booker T. Washington and the dream of Lewis Adams, a former…
This Day In History: July 3rd Not all songs withstand the test of time, but the 1965 classic single “Rescue…
Racial Tensions Lead To The East St. Louis Riots of 1917 The city of East St. Louis, Illinois, was once…
Civil Rights Activist, Medgar Evers, Was Born Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was born on July 2, 1925, in Decatur,…
July 1. serves as a day of independence for three African countries: Somalia, Burundi and Rwanda. The first country to…
This Day In History: June 30th Actress, singer and activist Lena Horne was a top performer of her time, even…
Stokely Carmichael, who originated the term “Black power,” was born on June 29, 1941, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and…
In commemoration of the revolutionary spirit and enduring legacy of Kwame Ture, revered Africana Studies scholar and freedom fighter Dr.…