After the Civil War ended, the prison system in the former Confederate states was under pressure to figure out how to house convicts. Most of…
African-American dancer Leonard Harper is acknowledged as the father of cabaret. In the 20’s and 30’s, Harper and his dancing Harperettes were an international sensation.…
Martin L. King and Coretta Scott met by phone in 1952 at the urging of a friend, Ms. Mary Powell. Coretta Scott from Heiberger, Alabama…
Note: This fact was respectfully submitted by Chastity Moore, the Doctor’s Clinical Research coordinator at M-D Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Andrea Hayes-Jordan is…
Front and center at the winter Olympic games in Sochi, Russia are five black athletes who could, individually, make more Olympic black history. Beginning with…
In 1827, early black author Robert Roberts introduced a book called – The House Servant’s Directory or A monitor for private families: comprising hints on…
Just in time for payday… The new sleek $100 bills were released by the U.S. Federal Reserve on October 8, 2013. The design was the…
To complete the trifecta of HBCUs in the Atlanta University Center Consortium (including Spelman, Morehouse), Atlanta University was founded in 1865 by the American Missionary…
Spelman College was founded on April 11, 1881 by two teachers in the basement of Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA. After money is gifted…
Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama is the first black college to be considered a registered national historic landmark and the only to be declared a…
