Black Men Built the Capitol
It was the mid-1850s and the U.S. capitol was under construction, with plans for a n…
Education & Politics
Jane Bolin: America’s First Black Female Judge
After graduating from Wellesley College as a top student in 1928, Jane Bolin went on…
Education & Politics
Meet America's First Ever Black Female Senator
Carol Moseley Braun was born on August 16, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois. From an early…
History & Exploration
The Slave That Packed Himself in a Box and Mailed Himself to Freedom
Henry "Box" Brown was born in 1815 as a slave in Louisa County, Virginia. …
Business & Inventions
The Original Black Barbie Doll Debuted in 1980
Mattel, one of the largest manufacturers of toys in the country, released the origin…
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…
