Jefferson Davis, who served as the president of the Confederate States of America, the group of southern states that seceded…
This Day In History: June 2nd Scholar, author and professor are just a few of the titles Dr. Cornel West,…
The Tulsa Race Massacre Ends The arrest of Dick Rowland, a young African-American man accused of assaulting a white woman,…
This Day In History: May 30th Former Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois proposed a bill to organize the Territory of…
The First African American Mayor of Los Angeles Elected On May 29, 1973, Thomas “Tom” Bradley made history when he…
This Day In History: May 28th Activist and wife of Malcolm X, Betty Shabazz, began her organizing efforts in her…
This Day In History: May 28th Abolitionist and church leader Eliza Ann Gardener is a voice of the abolitionist movement…
This Day In History: May 26th Outside of being respected icons, one might wonder what else actress Pam Grier and…
On this day in 1949, Jamaica Kincaid was born Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson in St. John’s, Antigua. Kincaid grew up…
This Day In History: May 24th Famed “Lady Marmalade” songstress Patti LaBelle has spent more than 60 years capturing audiences…
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…