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…
This Day In History: December 9th The son of a white planter and free Black woman, Pinckney Benton Stewart (P.B.S)…
This Day In History: December 8th Multifaceted performer and musician Sammy Davis Jr. rose to popularity during the 1950s and…
On this day in 1874, violence in Vicksburg, Mississippi, escalated into what became known as the Vicksburg massacre. Estimates of…
This Day In History: December 5th During a time when defying societal norms was considered taboo, the ever-vibrant and flamboyant…
This Day In History: December 2nd Scholar and historian Charles H. Wesley, born December 2, 1891, in Louisville, Kentucky, was…
Today marks the anniversary of Rosa Parks’ bold decision to take a seat for justice on a bus in Montgomery,…
The Caribbean Island of Barbados gained independence from Britain on November 30, 1966. Its first independence ceremony was signified by…
This Day In History: November 29th The outspoken civil rights activist and preacher Adam Clayton Powell Jr. made history and left his…