African-American actor Frank Silvera starred in many top-tier Hollywood shows and films as a white man. The Kingston, Jamaica native…

Tia Norfleet is the first and only black woman racecar driver to be licensed by NASCAR. The Suffolk, Virginia native…

The country of Uganda has placed a gold medal in the 2012 Olympics for the first time since 1972. Olympic…

On July 17, 1933, two pilots, Dr. Albert Forsythe and C. Alfred Anderson became the first black men to make…

At 101 years old, Lee Wesley Gibson of Keatchie, Louisiana is the oldest surviving member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping…

Attending the Olympic Games in London over the weekend was Harrison Dillard (a.k.a. “Bones), a 1948 black Olympic Gold Medalist.…

Mary Frances Early was the first black student to graduate from the University of Georgia. She graduated with a Masters…

Dr. James Thomas Still of Medford, NJ was a well-known African-American Doctor in the mid-19th century. He was the son…

For 50 years, the Masters Golf Tournament has had the honor of employing the same African-American Caddie. His name is…

Chase Austin, a 22 year-old African-American race car driver became the youngest driver to sign a driver-development contract in NASCAR…