John Birks Gillespie was born on October 21, 1917, in Cheraw, South Carolina. Gillespie moved with his family to Philadelphia,…
This Day In History: October 20th West Coast native and rapper, Snoop Dogg, has been a fan favorite since the…
This Day In History: October 19th During the time of World War II, marked by significant racial tension, two qualified…
Physician and astronaut Mae Carol Jemison was born on October 17, 1956, in Decatur, Alabama. In 1992, Jemison made history…
When Tommie Smith and John Carlos lined up on the starting blocks at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City,…
William Hastie Nominated To U.S. Court of Appeals Attorney, politician and federal judge William H. Hastie served the U.S. Judicial…
On this day in 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his exceptional leadership…
In January 2021, President Joe Biden became the first president in American history to formally recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day. “For…
Inventor Garrett Morgan patented a respiratory device that would later serve as the blueprint for World War I gas masks…
This Day In History: October 12th From growing up in poverty to becoming a trailblazing comedian and activist, Dick Gregory…
On October 11, 1865, the quiet town of Morant Bay, Jamaica, hundreds of Jamaicans, led by Baptist preacher Paul Bogle,…
On October 10, 1917, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, one of the most original voices in American music was born,…