It took Chris “The Dutchess” Walton just as long to grow her record-setting fingernails to [...]
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Inventor and engineer, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA. After serving in the US Navy during [...]
(born June 30, 1917, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died May 9, 2010, New York City) American [...]
With the conclusion of WWI came an end to wartime frugality and conservation. In an [...]
During the early 1900s, the burgeoning African-American middle class began pushing a new political agenda [...]
(born July 16, 1862, Holly Springs, Miss., U.S.—died March 25, 1931, Chicago, Ill.) African American [...]
Stokely Carmichael was born in the Port of Spain, Trinidad, on 29th June, 1941. Carmichael [...]
Baseball player. Born Henry Louis Aaron on February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama. Formerly [...]
(born Dec. 18, 1917, Cogdell, Ga., U.S.—died Feb. 4, 2005, Miami Beach, Fla.) American [...]
(born May 30, 1903, Louisville, Kentucky?, U.S.—died January 9, 1946, New York, New York) [...]
Lawyer, civil rights activist. Born Percy Sutton on November 24, 1920, in San Antonio, [...]
“I wish Dr. King was here.”
That was the thought going through the mind of Rep. [...]
U.N. Ambassador, foreign policy advisor. Born Susan Elizbeth Rice in Washington, D.C., on November 17, [...]
(born July 25, 1941, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died Aug. 28, 1955, Money, Miss.) African American [...]
U.S. Army general, soldier. Born on July 1, 1877, in Washington, D.C. Breaking new ground, [...]
Television, radio journalist. Born Edward R. Bradley on January 22, 1941, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A [...]
(born Jan. 3, 1824, New Salem, Mass., U.S.—died June 21, 1891, Washington, D.C.) American educator, [...]
Gospel singer. Born on October 26, 1911, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mahalia Jackson became [...]
Underground Atlanta is full information, exhibits, screenings, events and more during the month of February [...]
(born Nov. 28, 1929, Detroit, Mich., U.S.) American businessman, founder of the Motown Record Corporation [...]
US representative and social activist. Born Shirley St. Hill on November 30, 1924 in [...]
(born July 2, 1908, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.—died January 24, 1993, Bethesda) lawyer, civil rights activist, [...]
Historian, educator, author, and publisher. Born in 1875 in New Canton, Virginia. The son of [...]
Born on January 13, 1850, in New York City. In 1872, Charlotte E. Ray became [...]
My first feature came from my sister in law Heather!
Fannie Lou Hamer, known as [...]
I am going to celebrate Black History Month with a collection of features, biographies, reference [...]
