Hallie Quinn Brown, a known lecturer, reformer and educator, was born on March 10, 1849, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Brown was…
Attorney and civil rights activist Floyd B. McKissick was born in Asheville, N.C., on March 9, 1922. McKissick was the…
This Day In History: March 8th In addition to being staunch supporters of civil rights and alumni of Lincoln University,…
This Day In History: March 7th As a prominent performer, famed ballet dancer and choreographer Janet Collins broke color barriers…
At midnight on March 6, 1957, President Kwame Nkrumah declared Ghana autonomous and independent of British rule. The country would…
On March 5, 1959, a fire at the Arkansas Negro Boys Industrial School near Wrightsville killed 21 African American boys…
This Day In History: March 2nd Although figures such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are often highlighted as pioneers…
This Day In History: March 1st Blanche Kelso Bruce began his political career with aspirations of protecting the rights of…
This Day In History: February 27th Famed contralto Marian Anderson began to take the music world by storm during the…
This Day In History: February 26th The 15th Amendment granted formerly enslaved men the right to vote and was the…
This Day In History: February 25th Cheyney University began as a school to train future teachers from the African American…
This day in history marks the birth of Daniel Alexander Payne, a towering figure in American religious and educational history…