Lieutenant Calvin Spann was an original member of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen and military pilot who fought in missions during World War II. Lt. Spann…
Dr. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson was a son of former slaves who became Howard University’s first Black president, raising the academic standards of the vaunted institution…
The legendary Satchel Paige is considered by baseball fans as the greatest Negro Leagues pitcher, and a pitching legend period for the feats he achieved…
Arnold Josiah Ford is recognized by some as the first Black rabbi in the United States. While that fact has been debated, Rabbi Ford is…
Kimberly Anyadike made history in 2009 after she completed a cross-country flight from Compton, Calif. to Newport News, Va. when she was just 15 years…
The racial tensions between Black and white citizens in Benton Harbor, Michigan have been ongoing since the ’60’s. On August 29, 1966, a clash between…
The city of Easley in South Carolina has a legal superstar in the making with the recent swearing in to the judge’s bench for Jasmine…
Amelia Boynton Robinson passed away Wednesday morning at the age of 104, and the nation is mourning one of the most storied individuals from the…
Oseola McCarty was a washerwoman who saved up enough of her earnings to become the University of Southern Mississippi’s most famous financial supporter. Despite earning…
Dr. Henry Thomas Sampson Jr. is the first Black person to earn a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering. Though Dr. Thomas has been incorrectly named as…
Civil rights leader, former politician and educator and Julian Bond passed this weekend at the age of 75. Bond became known as a champion of…
The late Ophelia DeVore died last February, leaving behind a rich legacy in the modeling field and setting a new standard for Black beauty. DeVore was…
