In 1957, Johnny Lee Gaddy watched African American children being actually fed to the hogs on the campus of the infamous Arthur G. Dozier Reform School...
One of Africa’s most heinous atrocities occurred eighty-five years ago. During the Italian occupation, Yekatit 12 was a three-day bloodbath in which Fascist Italy killed over...
The Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers in Richmond, Virginia was the first Black-owned bank in the United States. Reverend William...
Curaçao, a small island off the coast of Venezuela, was inhabited by Arawak natives until it was invaded by Spanish sailors in 1499. Following their discovery...
A little over 4 million of the over 12 million slaves captured from Africa to work on the vast plantations of the Americas spent their lives...
Maya Angelou shattered barriers as San Francisco’s first Black female streetcar conductor in the 1940s before becoming a famous orator, poet, author, and civil rights activist....
Individuals will send unique notes to loved ones, family, and coworkers as the year draw to a close and Christmas approaches. Willie James Howard, a 15-year-old...
When confronted with complaints from Blacks about the violence directed at them, the ordinary white person is quick to point out that the black victim may...
Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s leader, came to power in a coup in 1969 and was deposed in 2011. While some believe that his leadership brought the country...
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, an African-American cardiologist, became the first surgeon in the United States to execute a successful open-heart treatment in 1893, exactly 125 years...