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…
Today, Monday, April 15th, is Jackie Robinson Day. It’s the day that MLB celebrates the legendary player who broke baseball’s…
O.J. Simpson, born Orenthal James Simpson, who rose to fame as a former running back who spent 11 seasons in…
This Day In History: April 10th Johnnie Tillmon-Blackston grew up in a family of sharecroppers but managed to become a…
Renowned Poet and Civil Rights Activist, Maya Angelou, Was Born Acclaimed poet, author and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou was…
This Day In History: March 28th Sculptor and teacher Edward Wilson was born on March 28, 1925, in Baltimore, Maryland.…
Naomi Barber King, a civil rights activist married to the younger brother of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., passed…
This Day In History: February 28th Missionary and educator Elias Neau became a known figure in New York for his…
W.E.B. Du Bois warned us what was coming if we didn’t plan and address issues of collective, race and culture.…