Actor and dancer Maurice Hines has been gracing stages since the age of five, and continues to thrill audiences nearly seven decades later. Alongside his…
Mansa Musa was a wealthy West African ruler who ruled a massive portion of the continent in the 14th century. According to researchers, Musa is considered…
Quovella “Q” Spruil was sworn in last week as the Essex County Chief of Detectives in Newark, N.J. The promotion makes Mrs. Spruil the first…
Lewis Hamilton has achieved worldwide fame as the first and only Black Formula One race car driver. The British driver has more wins on the…
The legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. remains strong as ever, but rumors about his private indiscretions once threatened to dismantle it. In 1964,…
Demario Warren made history in the state of Utah last week after he was hired as Southern Utah University’s first Black head football coach. Not…
Frances Hooks, the widow of NAACP leader and civil rights champion Dr. Benjamin Hooks, died last Thursday. She was 88. Mrs. Hooks, a longtime educator…
Michelle King was named this week as the Los Angeles Unified District’s first Black female superintendent. King has worked her entire career for the district…
Baseball lost one of its greatest ambassadors in Monte Irvin, who passed at the age of 96 this past Monday. Irvin made his mark as…
Since 1962, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has selected a “Miss Golden Globes” to hand out the coveted Golden Globe Awards. For the 73rd Golden…
Willie Jeffries is a college football Hall of Fame honoree who has amassed a number of championships across three decades. He is also the first…
Reuben V. Anderson made history this month in 1985 when he was sworn is as the first Black Supreme Court Justice in Mississippi. Born in…
