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The Kentucky Derby, the first of the “Triple Crown” of thoroughbred horse racing, began on this day in 1875. The…
By the mid-sixties, the civil rights movement showed signs of change as a younger, more radical base emerged. This week…
Walking through Crown Heights, Brooklyn in New York today, it would be hard to tell that portions of the borough…
Just 10 days after the Kent State University shootings in Ohio, Jackson State University was also the site of a…
Jill Brown-Hiltz made history 40 years ago by becoming the first Black woman pilot for a major commercial airline company.…
The National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. was founded on this day in 1930. The organization, also known as the “Divine Nine,”…
Three years prior to the ending of slavery via President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, Union Army Gen. David Hunter filed his own…
Carole Anne-Marie Gist made history in 1990 when she was named as the first Black Miss USA beauty pageant winner.…
Joseph R. Winters has been credited with inventing the fire escape ladder, which has been disproved by historians. On this…
Fans of James Brown are no doubt familiar with the sounds of Clyde “Funky Drummer” Stubblefield within the framework of…
The year of 1968 was replete with sweeping change as it related to the fight for civil and equal rights…
After a stellar career as a layer and educator, Judge William H. Hastie was bestowed with a historic first. On…
