The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Was Passed On July 13, 1787, the Northwest Ordinance, which outlawed slavery in the Northwest…
This Day In History: July 12th Frederick McKinley Jones was an early 20th-century inventor who made revolutionary contributions to the…
This Day In History: July 11th In the wake of failed Reconstruction attempts and Jim Crow tactics, prominent African-American intellectuals…
Mary Jane McLeod was born on July 10, 1875, on a rice and cotton farm near Mayesville, South Carolina, where…
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,…