Image Courtesy of the National Archives. One hundred and fifteen years ago today, on August 4, 1901, renowned American trumpeter, composer, singer, and occasional actor, Louis Armstrong was born. Known […]
Image courtesy of The Library of Congress. On this day, August 2nd, 1924, James Baldwin, African-American essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, was born in Harlem, New York. Throughout his […]
The first page of the Fourteenth Amendment Civil Rights Bill Passes, 1866 by Allyn Cox. One hundred and forty eight years ago on July 28, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment, which […]
Map of Fort Gadsden and the Negro Fort. Courtesy of National Archives. On this day, July 27th, 1816, troops of the United States military assaulted and blew up an African-American […]
Courtesy of Georgetown University. On this day in 1865, Patrick Francis Healy (1834-1910) earned his doctorate degree in philosophy at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, becoming the first […]
Symbol of the Black Power Movement. Courtesy of Joekilil via Wiki Commons. July 20 marks the date of the first Black Power Conference held in Newark, NJ in 1967. Fifty […]
24th Infantry Retreating from Taejon. Courtesy of the U.S. Military. The Battle of Taejon, an early battle in the Korean War, ended 66 years ago today. It was fought by […]
Courtesy of The London School of Economics and Political Science On July 18, 1918, leader and revolutionary Nelson Mandela was born. In 2009 it was unanimously decided by members of […]
Ida B. Wells circa 1893. Photo by Mary Garrity Tomorrow marks the birthday of a towering figure in American history. On, July 16, 1862 Ida B. Wells, African-American journalist, suffragist, […]
Video honoring Zaevion Dobson. ©CBS Sports On July 13, courageous teenager Zaevion Dobson will posthumously receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPY Awards. The award is given annually […]