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…
Technology
A Black Woman Invented the First Home Security System With TV Surveillance in 1966
Marie Van Brittan Brown, born on January 7, 1922, was an African American nurse and…
Sports & Entertainment
Rare Footage of Black Couple Kissing in 1898 Silent Film Discovered
Extremely rare footage from an 1898 silent film titled Something Good-Negro Kiss s…
Writing & Publishing
The Best Black Female Authors of the 20th Century
America owes so much of its rich literary tradition to these three women: Maya Ange…
