Pushing social boundaries allowed Ira Frederick Aldridge to achieve international success as an actor. Aldridge, the first Black Shakespearean actor,…
This Day In History: July 23rd Renowned medical professional, civil rights activist and army veteran are amongst the many titles…
This Day In History: Danny Glover Whether you know him from The Color Purple (1985), Lethal Weapon (1987), Saw (2004),…
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor and poet whose legacy was cemented as Theo Huxtable on the groundbreaking sitcom The Cosby Show,…
On July 21, 1896, in the heart of Washington, D.C., over 100 Black women leaders gathered at Nineteenth Street Baptist…
This Day In History: July 20th Prior to 1993, the city of St. Louis, Missouri, had never had an African…
This Day In History: July 19th Writer, educator and activist Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-Nelson used her talents to address complex…
This Day In History: July 18th Respected inventor and businessman Leonard C. Bailey received several patents and co-founded the Capital…
This Day In History: July 17th Legendary actress and performer Diahann Carroll began her career during the 1950s and earned…
Ida B. Wells was born on July 16, 1862, on a plantation in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She was the oldest…
This Day In History: July 15th Haiti’s first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, served two terms in office despite his…
Sarah Elisabeth Goode was born in 1855 in Toledo, Ohio. Goode was an inventor, entrepreneur and one of the first…