Toussaint L’Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian independence movement and a former enslaved person. L’Ouverture fought to end slavery…
This Day In History: May 2nd Prior to the 1870s trains did not operate efficiently and required several stops for…
This Day In History: May 1st Poet Gwendolyn Brooks wrote over 100 poems and published several novels over her 40-year…
This Day In History: September 1st A few years before Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of a…
Today, Monday, April 15th, is Jackie Robinson Day. It’s the day that MLB celebrates the legendary player who broke baseball’s…
O.J. Simpson, born Orenthal James Simpson, who rose to fame as a former running back who spent 11 seasons in…
This Day In History: April 10th Johnnie Tillmon-Blackston grew up in a family of sharecroppers but managed to become a…
Renowned Poet and Civil Rights Activist, Maya Angelou, Was Born Acclaimed poet, author and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou was…
Rapper Cordae has partnered with AT&T for its Emerging Voices initiative to help elevate diverse voices in the creative industry…
Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a Supporting Actor Oscar, died. The news was confirmed to The…
This Day In History: March 28th Sculptor and teacher Edward Wilson was born on March 28, 1925, in Baltimore, Maryland.…
Juliano Moreira’s life began during the period of slavery in Salvador, Brazil. He was born in 1872 to an enslaved…