On Jan. 5, 1943, George Washington Carver, one of the most influential American scientists and educators of the early 20th…
On Jan. 4, 1937, Grace Bumbry was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and eventually became one of the most influential…
On Jan. 3, 1984, the Rev. Jesse Jackson secured the release of U.S. Navy Lt. Robert O. Goodman, who had…
This Day In History: January 2nd Attorney, scholar and economist Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander was a woman of many firsts…
The arts community has lost a consummate icon with the passing of legendary dancer and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade, a…
Shortly after the Battle of Antietam, former President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary decree to end slavery in Confederate states…
This Day In History: December 31st The proclaimed “Queen of Disco,” Donna Summer, captivated music lovers around the world with…
Ellas Bates McDaniel, known to the world as Bo Diddley, was born on this date in 1928 in McComb, Mississippi.…
On this day in history, Texas was admitted to the United States as a slave state. The former Republic of…
The Edgefield Exodus began on December 24, 1881, when more than 5,000 Black residents left Edgefield County, South Carolina, relocating…
Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest serving ranger in National Park Service history and a leading interpreter of the World War…
Singer, dancer and activist, Josephine Baker, was born on June 3, 1906, in St. Louis, Missouri. Baker became one of…