This Day In History: May 28th Activist and wife of Malcolm X, Betty Shabazz, began her organizing efforts in her…
This Day In History: May 26th Outside of being respected icons, one might wonder what else actress Pam Grier and…
The scholar-librarian, Dorothy Porter Wesley, was born May 25, 1905, in Warrenton, Virginia. Wesley created a leading modern research library…
Caribbean American writer, Jamaica Kincaid, brings vivid portrayals of family relationships and Antiguan culture to the various essays, stories and…
This Day In History: May 24th Famed “Lady Marmalade” songstress Patti LaBelle has spent more than 60 years capturing audiences…
This Day In History: May 23rd Benjamin Sherman Crothers, better known by his stage name Scatman, began his career auditioning…
This Day In History: May 21st On the night of May 21, 1961, more than 1,000 Black residents and civil…
Born This Day in 1743. Here Are 5 Things To Know About Toussaint L’Ouverture Toussaint L’Ouverture was the leader of…
Writer and activist Lorraine Hansberry wrote the landmark play, “A Raisin in the Sun,” about a Black family in Chicago…
This Day In History: May 18th One of five new African-American Members elected to Congress in 2002, Denise Majette, ran…
One of the cornerstone cases of the Civil Rights Movement, Brown v. Board of Education, helped to establish the fact…
Sharpe James, the charismatic, longest-serving mayor in Newark, New Jersey’s history, and fierce advocate for a revitalization of the downtown…