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The late Cardiss Collins did not choose a life in politics, but tragedy thrust her into the role in the…
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…
Nell Carter is best remembered for her portrayal of Nell Harper in NBC’s hit ’80’s sitcom Gimme A Break! but made…
Charles Evers took up the mantle left behind the tragic killing of his younger brother Medgar Evers in 1963, carving…
The late Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian author who put his nation and the continent of Africa on the literary…
The African nation of Swaziland gained its independence from the United Kingdom on this day 50 years ago. Now known…
Frank Yerby became one of the leading novelists of the 20th Century after releasing a series of novels between the…
On this day in 1781, the “Los Pobladores” – a collective of 11 families – helped establish the town of…
Aretha Franklin will be laid to rest after a fitting five-and-half-hour tribute to her life, but her legacy will live…
Roy Wilkins will be forever immortalized by way of Gil Scott-Heron’s stirring “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” poem, and…
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