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Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana, was born in Nkroful, Ghana on this day in 1909. On this day in 1872, John Henry Conyers...

U.S. Olympian sprinter Jackie Griffith Joyner, who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1988 games, died on this day in 1998....

Educator and activist for civil rights and suffrage Mary Church Terrell was born on this day in 1863. She was one of the first Black...

President Lyndon B. Johnson on this day in 1965 issues Executive Order 11246 which requires government contractors to ‘take affirmative...

Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela Mandela, anti-apartheid warrior and wife of Nelson Mandela, was born on this day in 1936 in the Transkei,...

Sister Katharine Drexel, now Saint Katharine Drexel, founded Xavier University on this day in 1925. It is the only Catholic Historically...

David Walker’s Appeal was published on this day in 1829. Walker’s Appeal, in Four Articles; Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured...

WGPR-TV in Detroit, the first Black-owned television station in the United States, began broadcasting on this day in 1975. Former...

The ‘Thrilla in Manila’ occurred on this day in 1975 in Manila, Philippines. It was the name given to the historic boxing match between...