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 the south side of Chicago. Bernard Jeffrey McCullough…
This Day In History: October 4 The New Orleans Tribune, or la Tribune de la Nouvelle Orléans, was founded with…
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…
Scientist George Carruthers Was Born Scientist George Carruthers Jr. used his talents to help reveal the mysteries of space and…
This Day In History: September 30th In addition to being talented Grammy Award-winning singers, Cissy Houston and Johnny Mathis share…
The little-known Opelousas Massacre of 1868 represented a pivotal turning point in the Reconstruction-era South. A white supremacist group in…
Assata Shakur, a political activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army who escaped from a New Jersey prison…
This Day In History: September 21st Belize is a Central American country close to the Caribbean Sea and home to…