This Day In History: October 19th During the time of World War II and much racial tension, two qualified recruits…
Uganda gained its independence on October 9, 1962. Prior to independence, it was an established British protectorate in 1894 that…
The landlocked Kingdom of Lesotho was once home to the Sotho people during the 16th century. The territory completely surrounded…
Komla Afeke Dumor, esteemed journalist, was born in Accra, Ghana on October 3, 1972. He was one of the first…
The “Father of Black History,” Carter G. Woodson, is known for disseminating information about black life, history, and culture to…
Black stars of the present and the future were the talk of this year’s U.S. Open. But 60 years prior,…
The landlocked Kingdom of eSwatini, formerly Swaziland, is surrounded on the North and South by South Africa, and on the…
Ralph Johnson Bunche, Nobel Prize winner, scholar and activist was born August 7, 1904, in Detroit, Michigan. His father worked…
Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa and formerly known as Upper Volta, became independent on August 5, 1960.…
Before Marcus Garvey, there was Edward Blyden, who is considered to be the “Father of Pan-Africanism.” Blyden was an intellectual…
The Republic of Niger, one of the largest inland countries in West Africa, gained its independence on August 3, 1960, from…
Esteemed African-American historian, John Hope Franklin, was born January 2, 1915, in Rentiesville, Oklahoma. Franklin is noted for highlighting the…