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Dr. Angela Davis remains one of the historic figures of the Black Power and civil rights movements. Although Dr. Davis…
Shaw University is the first college for African-Americans established in the Southern United States, and the oldest HBCU in the…
Jeremiah G. Hamilton, the so-called “Prince of Darkness,” was a powerful Wall Street broker and considered its first Black millionaire.…
Cheryl Mills made headlines this week in 1999 when she addressed the U.S. Senate during President Bill Clinton’s explosive impeachment…
On December 18, 1996, the school district in Oakland, Calif. passed an amendment to designate Ebonics as a main language…
Alphonse Mouzon was one of the early leaders of the jazz fusion movement of the late ’60’s and early ’70’s.…
Reuben V. Anderson made history this month in 1985 when he was sworn is as the first Black Supreme Court…
Willie Jeffries is a college football Hall of Fame honoree who has amassed a number of championships across three decades.…
TV maven Shonda Rhimes has achieved unprecedented success in Hollywood in the typically male realms of TV show creation. Rhimes…
In 1966, Edward Brooke III became the first African-American United States Senator elected by popular vote. Brooke was born in…
Zora Neale Hurston was a novelist, folklorist and anthropologist most famous for her 1937 novel, “Their Eyes Were Watching God.”…
The Friendship Nine are a group of young activists who were jailed and charged for trespassing after a non-violent protest…
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