What originally started out as just an interest in his own genealogy, became a publication from which millions of African-American suddenly called their own story. American…
I was just a teenager when Dr. Bernard Harris, Jr. became the first African-American to walk in space. Selected by NASA in January 1990, Dr. Harris…
In 1985, Halle Berry represented the state of Ohio in the Miss Teen All-American Pageant and won. A year later, she became the first runner-up…
Where oh where would be without this crafty tool for our favorite summertime treat. We can thank inventor and businessman named Alfred L. Cralle, who invented…
Via: foxbaltimore.com President Barack Obama plans to speak at the groundbreaking for the National Black History Museum. He says that the new museum will assist future generations remember and grow to acknowledge the inspirational role African Americas have played in history. The museum will be located on the National Museum in the capital city and […]
In honor of Black History Month, we’ve highlighted some of the first Black women who were honored for their achievements. BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Rosa Parks…
Telling a reporter that “We need to say we are still here, that we have grown and survived and done better than that — we have thrived,” she said. Young people, she added, “need to hear that now, in 2012 as much as in 1952.” Dr. Maya Angelou says you have no way of knowing […]
Black History Month isn’t a brand new thing, but it is clearly more important to the black culture than it is to the white. Comedian,…
American writer, Maya Angelou survived a tough childhood and early adulthood to become a singer, actress, activist, and writer. In 1993, she came to much…
Althea Gibson lived in Harlem in the 1930s and 1940s. Her family was on welfare. She was a client of the Society for Prevention of…
