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 September 17, 1849, Harriet Tubman, then known as Araminta “Minty” Ross, made her first attempt to escape slavery from…
Hall of Famer and legendary blues musician B.B. King developed one of the world’s most identifiable guitar styles with the…
Born in Augusta, Ga., to Silas Norman, an insurance salesman, and Janie King-Norman, a schoolteacher, music was always in the…
National Women’s Hall of Fame member Constance Baker Motley, an activist, lawyer and federal judge who helped to advance the…
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 September 10, 1779, Nathaniel Wells was born on the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean. Nathaniel Wells was…