This Day In History: January 25th From gospel prodigy to Grammy-Award winning blues artist, Etta James electrified stages and captivated…
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler was born on February 8, 1831, in Delaware. Crumpler always had a skill for nursing and…
This Day In History: February 2nd The NAACP bestows its highest honor, the Spingarn Medal, to individuals with an array…
This Day In History: December 17th Queen Njinga Mbande also known as Queen Nzinga, was a dominant ruler and negotiator…
Alabama’s first Black bank owner, William Reuben Pettiford, was born on January 20, 1847, in Granville County, North Carolina. Pettiford…
Jack “the Galveston Giant” Johnson became the first African-American world heavyweight boxing champion. He defeated Canadian boxer Tommy Burns to…
Prior to the 1920s, the majority of homes used wood or coal as the sole fuel source, but that all…
Sarah Breedlove, better known as Madam C.J. Walker, was born on December 23, 1867, on a cotton plantation near Delta,…
This Day In History: December 9th The son of a white planter and free Black woman, Pinckney Benton Stewart (P.B.S)…
Trailblazing actor and comedian, Richard Pryor, was born on December 1, 1940, in Peoria, Illinois. His comedy routine drew on…
Former President of the NAACP, Arthur B. Spingarn, spent his career defending the rights of the underrepresented African American population…
A woman of many firsts, Shirley Chisholm, was able to use her political position to advocate for educational opportunities and…