On this day in 1919, a white mob in Omaha, Nebraska, lynched Will Brown after he was accused of raping…
On September 27, 1915, Xavier University of Louisiana opened its doors to Native Americans and Black students in the South.…
On this day in history, September 26, 1981, Serena Jameka Williams, a legendary athlete, was born in Saginaw, Michigan. Raised…
On this day in 2016, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture opened its doors to the…
On September 24, 1894, Edward Franklin Frazier was born in Baltimore, Maryland. A pioneering sociologist, author and educator, Frazier’s research…
The proclaimed “genius” of soul, Ray Charles, was born on September 23, 1930, in Albany, Georgia. With more than 10…
On September 22, 1906, Atlanta descended into one of the deadliest outbreaks of racial violence in American history. Over three…
On September 20, 1664, Maryland made history for all the wrong reasons. On that day, the colonial assembly passed the…
When the founders of Atlanta University first established the institution, they could not have predicted that it would expand and…
In a sweeping move meant to calm tensions between North and South, President Millard Fillmore signed the Fugitive Slave Act…
On this day in 1861, educator Mary S. Peake began her teaching career. When she entered education, Peake became one…
On September 17, 1849, Harriet Tubman, then known as Araminta “Minty” Ross, made her first attempt to escape slavery from…