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Businessman John Johnson, founder of the Johnson Publishing Company, added to his publications Ebony Magazine on this day in 1945. This...

James Earl Carter was elected as the 39th President of the United States on this day in 1976 with 83% of the African American vote. His...

On this day in 1992, Carol Moseley Braun became the first Black Woman elected to the United States Senate. She represented the state of...

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was born on this day in 1933 in Zungeru, Nigeria. He rose to become a military officer in the Nigerian Army,...

On this day in 1968, several Black people were elected (or re-elected), to the U.S. House of Representatives. Shirley Anita Chisholm...

Absalom Jones is considered one of the major church leaders in early America. On this day in 1746, he was born in slavery in Delaware,...

Edward Alexander Bouchet made history on this day in 1876 by becoming the first Black person to receive a PhD—in his case in...

Until the presidential election in 1936, most Black people were republicans and voted that way. The great depression changed that. On...

Benjamin Banneker was born free in Ellicott City, MD on this day in 1731. He was an accomplished scientist, author, surveyor, inventor,...

Granville T. Woods is known as one of America’s great inventors. On this day in 1891, Woods received a patent to one of the many...

Xavier University was established on this day in 1925 as a university in New Orleans. Nat Turner was executed for his Rebellion on this...

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated, is one of the Divine Nine, the National Pan-Hellenic Council comprising Black Fraternities and...

On this day in 1894, A.C. Richardson, a Black inventor, received a patent on the Casket Lowering Device. Whoopi Goldberg, also known as...

Valerie Jarrett was born on this day in 1956. From January 2009 to January 2017, she was Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama,...

Africa and its scattered children endured the infamous Berlin Conference on this day in 1884. At this conference, European nations and...

On this day in 1930, Albert Chinualumogu Chinua Achebe was born in Nigeria. Achebe is arguably Africa’s greatest storyteller. Paul Cuffee...

Susan Elizabeth Rice, born on this day in 1964, is a U.S. diplomat who has served two Presidents. She served in President Clinton’s...

It took many years, but Robert Edward Chambliss was finally convicted of first-degree murder on this day in 1977. Also known as...

After two years of rejecting Union demands for a new dispensation, South Carolina was forced by the Congressional Reconstruction Act of...

The Rev. Francis J. Grimke was a minister who was active in the fight against Jim Crow, for civil rights, and was a founding member of...