Business & Inventions
Atlanta’s First Black Millionaire Started Out as a Barber
Alonzo Herndon is best known as the first African-American entrepreneur from Atlant…
Civil Rights
There Were Nearly a Million Black Farmers in 1920 — What Happened?
In the year 1920, the number of Black farmers in the U.S. peaked at 949,889. Since …
History & Exploration
Black Kings (and Queens) Ruled Parts of Europe For Almost 700 Years
History confirms that the Moors ruled in Europe -- primarily Spain and Portugal -- …
Writing & Publishing
We Know Her as Toni Morrison, But That's Not Really Her Name -- Here's Why She Changed It!
The late Toni Morrison, a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner, is known as the author o…
Education & Politics
Private School in DC Believed to Had Taught Slaves How to Read Actually Sold Slaves Instead
The Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, a prestigious girls' school in Wa…
Music & Arts
Meet Sister Rosetta Tharpe — The Black Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll Music!
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, famous in the 1930s for her upbeat electric guitar playing s…
This 14-Year Old Boy is the Youngest American to Be Sentenced to Death and Executed
A 14-year old African-American boy named George Stinney Jr. was executed in 1944 af…
Music & Arts
The Truth About Black People and Country Music — We Created It!
The global success of rapper Lil Nas X's hip hop country song "Old Town Road…
The Ugly History of America's Racist Soft Drink Brands
The truth about the history of America's favorite soft drinks, Coca-Cola and Pe…
Sports & Entertainment
When Hattie McDaniel Won an Oscar, She Was Banned From Sitting With Her Co-Stars
Hattie McDaniel became the first Black Oscar winner in 1940 for her portrayal of a …
The Fourth of July Used to Be a Black Holiday
In 1852, famed abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass told a large, mostly …
Music & Arts
5 Showstopping Musicals with Black Leading Roles
There is something so captivating about sinking into your seat at a theater and wat…
