In the 1950s, Althea Gibson joined the ranks of trailblazers like Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella and Jesse Owens when she became the first Black woman to compete on the world …
Black History
Honoring the lives of Black people who have been making history all around us every day.
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The 1968 Summer Olympics were charged with political expression…
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Isabel Sanford broke one of the glass ceilings of show business when she became the first Black woman to win an Emmy for lead actress.
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Curtis Mayfield, born 70 years ago today, wrote music that inspired a generation and a movement…
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The play that “changed American theatre forever” started with a few short lines from a long poem.
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Coretta Scott King was much more than just a wife and widow…
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Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members and alums have been leaders not only in the African American community but across the nation.
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In 1939, Billie Holiday took a bold step—bold even for a Black woman who rose from a troubled childhood in a segregated country to become one of the most celebrated …
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Son House was one of the great Delta bluesmen – but twice in his life, events almost conspired to keep his music from public ears…
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Two notable men deserve a nod today, both giants of the civil rights movement: Ralph Abernathy (March 11, 1926–April 17, 1990) and Whitney Young (July 31, 1921–March 11, 1971). Ralph …