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…
This Day In History: August 4th Award-winning journalist and Canada’s first person of color to serve as the 27th Governor-General,…
The spiritual mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, was a pioneer in both education and Christian…
On July 29, 1895, more than 40 African-American women representing organizations from 14 different states came together to hold the…
By the time World War II ended, some of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to address civil rights issues within…
This Day In History: July 25th More than 20 years after experiencing a race riot in the 1940s, residents in…