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Branton was born February 17, 1922 in Pine Bluff, Ark. The Tennessee State University graduate and World War II veteran…
Although the Rev. Patrick Francis Healy appeared to look white and lived his life as such, history has proven that…
The late Walter Payton was one of the NFL’s most explosive players, breaking records the same way the powerful running…
Ira Aldridge was an American-born actor who went on to international fame when he arrived in Europe to further his…
The state of Texas, like many across the South, was resistant to the ending of slavery after President Abraham Lincoln…
Among the many racially-charged riots and disturbances of the sixties, the Hough (Huff) Riots of 1966 were the first in…
Lemuel Haynes is credited as the first credentialed Black clergyman in the United States, and is considered the first minister…
Diahann Carroll has accomplished several high marks over the course of her long career, including becoming the first Black woman…
In modern times, despite poor record-keeping and erased histories, it has been revealed that enslaved African-Americans contributed far more than…
The state of Oregon and the entire Pacific Northwest has a dicey connection with the practice of slavery. On this…
Beatriz Nascimento was a key figure in Brazil’s “Movimento Negro,” or widely know as “The Black Movement of Brazil.” Through…
In July 1956, Dr. Blanche Sellers Lavizzo made history by becoming the first Black woman pediatrician in the state of…
