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Maj. Robert H. Lawrence’s life was tragically cut short just months after he made history. After being named the first…
In February, Black History Month is celebrated across America, and we celebrate it five days a week on the Tom…
On September 29th, 1910, The Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes was formed. It was created in response to the…
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff was established on this day in 1875. The original name of the school,…
Dr. Ida Stephens Owens went from humble beginnings in Whiteville, N.C., to Duke University, becoming the first Black woman to earn…
Author, scholar and activist bell hooks has emerged as one of the leading feminist figures of her era, and her writing…
The late Cardiss Collins did not choose a life in politics, but tragedy thrust her into the role in the…
The late Arthur Mitchell’s dancing talent was discovered when he was a teenager in Harlem, on his way to becoming the…
Leontine Turpeau Current Kelly was a bishop of the United Methodist Church, making history on this day in 1984. She…
Joe Morgan, a 1990 inductee of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, is celebrating his 75th birthday today. He…
The Froebel High School walkout of 1945 in Gary, Ind. is considered a watershed moment for race relations in the…
Journalist and businessman Claude A. Barnett transformed his love for reading into a thriving news wire service for African-Americans, which…
