Perry Wallace was the first Black varsity basketball player in the Southeastern Conference.
Black History
Honoring the lives of Black people who have been making history all around us every day.
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News Obituaries
Joseph L. White (1932–2017), known as the “father of black psychology”
by Kirk FoxPioneered the field of black psychology to counter prejudice in the profession.
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Sports and politics getting mixed up together: It’s been all over the news lately, and yet it’s been going on forever.
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Without Fats Domino, the entire history of pop music wouldn’t be the same.
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News Obituaries
Simeon Wright (1942–2017), Emmett Till’s cousin who witnessed kidnapping
by Legacy StaffHe recalled that day in 1955: ‘We had no idea what was going to happen.’
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Paisley Park, Prince’s home-turned-museum, holds his spirit close — and not always in exactly the way the artist meant it to.
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One year later, Prince’s light still burns bright.
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The first female Muslim judge in the U.S.
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A video tribute to the legendary baseball player.
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A video tribute to the Black aviators known as the Tuskegee Airmen.