This Day In History: May 23rd Benjamin Sherman Crothers, better known by his stage name Scatman, began his career auditioning…
On this day in 1948, Claude McKay died in Chicago at 57, leaving behind a body of work that helped…
On this day in 1862, educator Mary Jane Patterson became the first Black American woman to receive a bachelor’s degree. …
This Day In History: May 21st On the night of May 21, 1961, more than 1,000 Black residents and civil…
Born This Day in 1743. Here Are 5 Things To Know About Toussaint L’Ouverture Toussaint L’Ouverture was the leader of…
Writer and activist Lorraine Hansberry wrote the landmark play, “A Raisin in the Sun,” about a Black family in Chicago…
On May 17, 1956, Sugar Ray Leonard was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, beginning a life that would help restore…
This Day In History: May 16th Attorney, politician and founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, John Conyers Jr., spent…
On May 15, 1785, John Marrant, a free Black preacher born in colonial America, was ordained as a Methodist minister…
On May 14, 1881, Mary Jane Seacole, the Jamaican-born nurse and entrepreneur who earned admiration from British soldiers during the…
Slavery Was Abolished in Brazil Home to more people of African ancestry than any other country outside of those in…
This Day In History: May 12th Mervyn Dymally is the first Caribbean-born person to serve in the United States Congress…