History & Exploration
The Slave Who Cleverly Stole a Confederate Ship and Freed Himself With 15 Others
Robert Smalls was born as a slave in 1839, but later became a free man after he clev…
Education & Politics
MLK Was 15-Years Old When He Finished High School, and 19 When He Graduated College
Dr. Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and had already graduated from …
Writing & Publishing
Meet the First Black Woman to Win a Pulitzer Prize For a Fiction Novel
Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia. She was the first B…
History & Exploration
What Did Jesus Look Like?
Many people of African descent believe that Jesus Christ was a Black man, but the tr…
Sports & Entertainment
There Are Currently No Black-Owned NFL Teams, But It Almost Happened Several Times
The NFL, which was founded in the year 1920, has had millions of African American fa…
Sports & Entertainment
‘Star Trek’ Makes History With First Ever Black Female Director
Star Trek has always had a diverse cast from George Takei who is Japanese and Niche…
Sports & Entertainment
60 Years Before Jackie Robinson, He Was the First African American to Play Pro Baseball
In 1947, Jackie Robinson made sports history as the first African American baseball …
Aviation & Space
Meet Delta Airline’s First Black Female Pilot Captain
Founded in 1925, Delta is one of America’s most commonly used airlines, although the…
Education & Politics
The First African Americans to Serve in Congress
Since 1870, 172 African Americans have served as U.S. Representatives, Delegates, or…
Music & Arts
Who Killed Sam Cooke?
On December 11, 1964, Sam Cooke, the King of Soul was shot three times in a seedy mo…
Education & Politics
The FBI Tried to Destroy Martin Luther King, Jr
Through Martin Luther King Jr.’s struggle to liberate people of color from discrimin…
Health & Science
20-Year Old Student Discovers Why Patients With Darker Skin Tones Are Often Misdiagnosed
For hundreds of years, doctors and researchers assumed that skin conditions like jau…
