Little Known Black History Facts

Legendary entertainer Pearl Bailey was born on March 29, 1918 and raised in Newport News, Va. Over the course of her long career, Bailey won both an Emmy and Tony Award. Bailey started out as a singer at 15 on the amateur level, when she won a pair of notable competitions including wowing the Apollo […]

Little Known Black History Facts

The National Negro Congress was an organization formed in 1935 on the campus of Howard University in order to put pressure on New Deal administrators to address Black labor and civil rights matters. The Congress held its inaugural meeting on February 14, 1936 in South Side Chicago, bringing in over 800 delegates representing 500 organizations. […]