black history

Kristen Hayden made history on December 13 after becoming first Black woman to win a National Diving Title.

Billed as the "Black HerStory Initiative," The Griot Museum will use grant money received as part of The Monument Lab Re:Generation team to to create awareness on how much Black women have helped build the area with help from local artists and activists.

A 103-year-old grandmother has gone viral after sharing her experience picking cotton as a teenager.

After receiving his undergraduate from Northwestern State University and then going on to serve 23 years in various roles as a faculty member, Dr. Marcus Jones not only has become the school's newest president but also makes history as its first-ever Black commander-in-chief.

Dr. Sian Proctor is making history as we speak with her seat on SpaceX’s Inspiration4, currently in a three-day orbit around Planet Earth. The 51-year-old STEM sis is now the world’s first-ever Black female spacecraft pilot.

Broadway actor Jeremy Pope, who also had a prominent guest role on the final season of FX series 'Pose,' used the 2021 Met Gala as a reminder to the fashion world that America was built on the backs of enslaved Black people with a fashionably head-turning history lesson of his own.

Take a look at these 10 Black History documentaries you can watch for Juneteenth that each tell our stories as a race from many different perspectives.

Blackamericaweb.com and the Tom Joyner Morning Show have always celebrated Black History every single day. Here are some of the most interesting Little Known Black History Facts we’ve discovered. For more information on these facts, check out our archive of Little Known Black History Facts.

Cherokee Bill was an outlaw who committed a series of violent crimes across the Indian Territory of the 19th Century, around what is now known as Oklahoma. Bill’s name grew in infamy after running with a crew of Black Indian outlaws and he was hanged for his crimes at the age of 20. Born February […]

Malvin R. Goode was a pioneer in broadcast journalism, becoming the first African-American news correspondent for a major television network in 1962. Goode arrived at the pinnacle of his career later in life, but his accomplishment serves as a testament to the work ethic he developed in the steel mills of Pittsburgh. Malvin Russell Goode […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense, according to four people familiar with the decision. If confirmed by the Senate, Austin would be the first Black leader of the Pentagon. Biden selected Austin over the longtime front-runner candidate, Michele Flournoy, a former senior […]

To celebrate black excellence, The HistoryMakers look to showcase black leadership over the past 20 years. During this twenty-day period from Tuesday, December 1, 2020 to Sunday, December 20, 2020, The HistoryMakers will showcase its unique content on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn in a way that is entertaining and engaging. It will also […]