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 6th The Southeast nations of Malawi and Comoros are considered home to a population of…
On this day in 1852, Frederick Douglass, social justice warrior, delivered a speech in New York that rocked the nation.…
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…
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,…
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and labor law outlawing discrimination based on race, color,…
This Day In History: June 30th Actress, singer and activist Lena Horne was a top performer of her time, even…
Stokely Carmichael, who originated the term “Black power,” was born on June 29, 1941, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and…