This Day In History: May 28th Abolitionist and church leader Eliza Ann Gardener is a voice of the abolitionist movement…
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…