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Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was a writer, poet, and teacher. On this day in 1950, she became the first Black person to win the Pulitzer...

Elijah McCoy, considered one of the major inventors in American life, was born on this day in 1844 in Ontario, Canada. An engineer, his...

Macon Bolling Allen was called to the Massachusetts bar on this day in 1845. He is generally considered the first Black lawyer called to...

On this day in 1961, the first Freedom Riders set off from Washington, DC through the South scheduled to arrive on May 17 in New Orleans....

Moneta Sleet, Jr, on this day in 1969, won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for a picture of Mrs. Coretta Scott King and her...

On this day in 1886, M. A Cherry received a patent for the invention of the tricycle Martin Robison Delany was born free on this day in...

Charles Lenox Remond was born free in Massachusetts, which informed his activist mindset. Indeed, on this day in 1844, he gave a speech...

Henry McNeal Turner died on this day in 1915 after a storied life as a leader of his people. He was a minister and Bishop in the African...

Kimberly Aiken became, at age 18, one of the few Black Women to win the coveted Ms. America Beauty Pageant on this day in 1994. On this...

The whole world stood still on this day in 1994 when Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was inaugurated as the first head of state elected by all...

On this day in 1981, Robert Nesta ‘Bob’ Marley, the unparalleled King of Reggae music, succumbed to cancer of the skin in Miami, Florida....

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, born Hubert Gerold Brown, also known as H. Rap Brown, replaced Stokeley Carmichael (Kwame Touré) as the Chairman...

On this day in 1985, to drive out residents of a home on 6221 Osage Avenue, the City of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on the roof of the...

Hastings Kamuzu Banda was one of the early African leaders who spent time at American institutions and combined anti-segregationist...

Camilla Williams, an African opera singer, on this day in 1946 became the first Black person to receive a regular contract from a major...

John James Conyers, Jr, was an influential Black politician who served in the United House of Representatives for over 50 years. He was...

One of America’s most iconic boxers of all time, Ray Charles Leonard, popularly known as Sugar Ray Leonard, was born on this day in 1956....

Reginald Martinez Jackson, popularly known as Reggie Jackson, was born on this day in 1946. Jackson is one of the few athletes who used...

Grace Beverly Jones is an actress, model, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She was born on this day in 1948 in Spanish Town,...

Francois-Dominique Toussaint L’Ouverture, military leader of the Haitian Revolution, was born on this day in 1743.