Scientist George Carruthers Was Born Scientist George Carruthers Jr. used his talents to help reveal the mysteries of space and…
This Day In History: September 30th In addition to being talented Grammy Award-winning singers, Cissy Houston and Johnny Mathis share…
On this day, September 13, 1913, James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens was born in Oakville, Alabama. The youngest of 10 children,…
Mississippi’s first Black mayor since Reconstruction, James Charles Evers, was a pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement who helped register…
On August 26, 1874, one of the deadliest mass lynchings in U.S. history took place in Gibson County, Tennessee. In…
What began as a massive rebellion against slavery and colonization turned out to be a decade-long war with the onset…
In one incredible year at Auburn in 2010, Cam Newton led the Tigers to a historic season. Now, almost 15…
On August 21, 1831, Nat Turner initiated the deadliest slave revolt in the history of the United States. In Southampton…
The arrival of the kidnapped Africans in the New World on August 20, 1619, marked the beginning of more than…
This Day In History: August 11th Journalist and diplomat Carl Thomas Rowan rose to popularity during the 1950s as a…
Matthew Alexander Henson, one of the first men to reach the North Pole, was born August 8, 1866. Henson was…
From the food to the music, the cultural influence of Jamaica is undeniable. The Caribbean country proclaimed its independence from…