In 1947, Jackie Robinson made sports history as the first African American baseball …
Founded in 1925, Delta is one of America’s most commonly used airlines, although the…
Since 1870, 172 African Americans have served as U.S. Representatives, Delegates, or…
On December 11, 1964, Sam Cooke, the King of Soul was shot three times in a seedy mo…
Through Martin Luther King Jr.’s struggle to liberate people of color from discrimin…
For hundreds of years, doctors and researchers assumed that skin conditions like jau…
Established in 1889, The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) is t…
Gaspar Yanga, or Nyanga, was a Prince in the country of Gabon that was later capture…
Althea Neale Gibson was an African American tennis player who set many milestones no…
Many will be surprised to learn that Black people make up 13.2 percent of the popula…
In 1951, a new show made history as the first Black sitcom to be broadcasted on nati…
Shirley Chisholm was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 30, 1924. She later bec…
William Hastie was the first African American to become a federal judge. He was appo…
Dr. Mae Jemison was born on October 17, 1956, in Alabama. As an engineer, physician,…
The tradition of wearing Easter hats, or Easter bonnets, dates back many, many years…
There is a wide variety of breakfast foods that many Americans enjoy, but one that s…
In the 1980s, a major surge of drug use hit the streets of New York City that mostly…
Matthew Henson, an African American explorer who was born in Charles County Maryland…