This Day In History: August 31st National Humanities Medal recipient and educational pioneer Marva Collins reshaped the academic world with…
This Day In History: August 4th Award-winning journalist and Canada’s first person of color to serve as the 27th Governor-General,…
Lawyer and politician Dame Mary Eugenia Charles marked her place in history when she became prime minister of Dominica on…
Nelson Mandela, the first Black president of South Africa and father of South African democracy, was born on July 18,…
Dr. Maulana Karenga, professor of Africana Studies at California State University (Long Beach), was born on July 14, 1941, in…
This Day In History: July 1st Super producer and multi-talented artist, Missy Elliot, has been reinventing herself and redefining what…
On Thursday, June 19, Republican Louisiana governor Jeff Landry signed a bill into law that mandates the Ten Commandments to…
This Day In History: June 1st With more than 100 acting credits to his name, Morgan Freeman has solidified his…
Former test pilot Ed Dwight made his first trip to space yesterday, approximately 63 years after he first trained to…
Toussaint L’Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian independence movement and a former enslaved person. L’Ouverture fought to end slavery…
This Day In History: May 2nd Prior to the 1870s trains did not operate efficiently and required several stops for…
This Day In History: May 1st Poet Gwendolyn Brooks wrote over 100 poems and published several novels over her 40-year…