You may also like
Reynolds, Melvin Jay “Mel” (1952- )
Politician, scholar and professor, Mel Reynolds was born on January 8, 1952, in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, to parents J.J. and Essie May Reynolds.  Reynolds attended John Marshall High School on the Westside of Chicago where he developed impressive academic credentials.  He then enrolled in Chicago
Read more
Source: Black Past
Oct
1
1995
Cottonpickers organized union and strike
Cottonpickers organized union and staged strike for higher wages in Texas.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sep
3
1891
Executive Order 11246 (1965)
Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, it is ordered as
Read more
Source: Black Past
Actor Louis Gossett Jr. born
Actor Louis Gossett, Jr. was born in Brooklyn, NY. Gossett won an Academy Award for his role in the movie An Officer and a Gentleman.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
May
27
1936
Spinarn Metal: William H. Hastie
Spingarn Medal presented to William H. Hastie for his distinguished career as a jurist and as an uncompromising champion of equal justice.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Dec
15
1943
Aaron, Henry Louis “Hank” (1934- )
Henry Louis Aaron was born February 5, 1934, in Mobile, Alabama, the third of eight children to Herbert Aaron, a shipyard worker at Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company, and his wife, Estella. Aaron decided he wanted to be a major league baseball player after hearing a speech by the Brooklyn
Read more
Source: Black Past
Indictment in Atlanta Murders
Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicted Wayne B. Williams, a twenty-three-year-old photographer, for the murder of two of the twenty-eight Black youths killed in a series of slayings and disappearances in Atlanta. William denied the charges but was convicted in February, 1982.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
Jul
17
1981
Negro Repertory Company (Seattle) 1936-1939
The Negro Repertory Company (NRC) was established in 1936 by Florence and James Burton, directors of the Seattle Repertory Playhouse (SRP), as the Negro unit of the Federal Theatre Program, a part of the WPA. In its short life it produced ambitious and controversial plays that reached a wide
Read more
Source: Black Past
Oct
27
1936
Eminem
Name at birth: Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Read more
Source: Fact Monster - Black History
Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Aug
14
2009
Owens, Major Robert (1936- )
Former New York Congressman Major Robert Owens was born on June 28, 1936 in Collierville, Tennessee.  He graduated from Hamilton High School in Memphis in 1952 at the age of 16.  Owens received a bachelor’s degree from Morehouse College in 1956, and an M.S. in Library Science from Atlanta
Read more
Source: Black Past
Jun
28
1936
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton is a religious leader and political activist. He was born on October 3, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York. His father left the family and Sharpton was raised by his mother. They had to move to the public housing projects, where his mother worked as a maid and supported the family on her
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
Oct
3
1954
(1934) W.E.B. Du Bois, “A Negro Nation Within a Nation"
W.E.B Du Bois, a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) through most of his life was a staunch integrationist.  In 1934 however he advanced the argument that since integration would not happen in the nation any time soon, African Americans had to
Read more
Source: Black Past
Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
Jun
26
1934
Curtis Mayfield, singer born
Curtis Mayfield was born on the 3rd of june 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, where he quickly
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Jun
3
1942
Angela Bassett, actress born
Angela Bassett ACTRESS Birthplace: New York, New York August 16, 1958- Angela has starred in the following films: The Jacksons: An American Dream Malcolm X Whats Love Got To Do With It? (received Oscar nomination) Strange Days Vampire in Brooklyn
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Aug
16
1958
Browder v. Gayle (1956)
June 5, 1956
Read more
Source: Black Past
Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) (1986- )
Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD), founded in 1986 in New York City, is one of the oldest organizations working toward the welfare of black gay men in the United States. They began offering services for persons with AIDS toward the beginning of the US pandemic which started in
Read more
Source: Black Past
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
WARREN, C.J., Opinion of the Court
Read more
Source: Black Past
Jefferson, William J. (1947-- )
William J. Jefferson is a former Democratic politician who represented Louisiana’s Second Congressional District from 1991 to 2009. He was the first African American congressman elected from the state since Reconstruction. His career ended in a bribery scandal that resulted in his conviction in
Read more
Source: Black Past
Jun
4
2007
Shirley Chisholm
Born: /30/924 Brooklyn, New YorkDied: //2005 Ormond Beach, FloridaShirley Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. In 968, she became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress, and represented New Yorks 2th Congressional District for seven terms from
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by Intellitech
Lynch, Loretta Elizabeth (1959- )
Attorney and public prosecutor Loretta Elizabeth Lynch was born on May 21, 1959 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Her father was a Baptist minister and her mother was an English teacher and school librarian. Lynch received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Read more
Source: Black Past
Ray, Charlotte E. (1850-1911)
Charlotte E. Ray, the first African American woman to practice law in the United States, was born on January 13, 1850 in New York City, New York.  Her father, Reverend Charles Bennett Ray, was a prominent New York abolitionist and minister who served as pastor of the Bethesda Congregational Church
Read more
Source: Black Past
(1995) William Jefferson Clinton, “the Job of Ending Discrimination in This Counrt is Not Over”
In July 1995, President Bill Clinton delivered a major speech at the White House  in defense of Affirmative Action programs across the nation at a time when many critics were calling for their repeal.  He argued that such programs were still needed in a talk he officially titled, The Job of Ending
Read more
Source: Black Past
Reggie Bush
Name at birth: Reginald Alfred Bush II
Read more
Source: Fact Monster - Black History
Fred Williamson
Born on March 5, 1938, in Gary, Indiana, Fred Williamson has remained under the spotlight in various fields for a long time. Former Football player and actor, Williamson has produced and directed various movies along with being a black belt in Kenpo, Shotokan Karate and
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
Mar
5
1938
Segregation Movements
Tennessee started modern segregation movement with Jim Crow railroad car and was followed by Florida (1887), Mississippi (1888), Texas (1889), Louisiana (1890), Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas and Georgia (1891), South Carolina (1898), North Carolina (1899), Virginia (1900), Maryland (1904), Oklahoma
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Dec
24
1881
Guinea
U.S. Department of State Background Note
Read more
Source: Fact Monster - Black History
Josh Gibson
Josh Gibson was an American Negro League professional baseball player. He was born in Buena Vista, Georgia on December 21, 1911. His father had a farm there but he moved the family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Gibson was studying to be an electrician and only attended school till the 9th grade. He
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
Jan
20
1947
A. Philip Randolph Institute (1965- )
The A. Philip Randolph Institute was founded by and named for labor leader Asa Philip Randolph, who was the longtime president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union. Randolph and his friend and fellow activist Bayard Rustin founded APRI in 1965 after their successful 1963 March on
Read more
Source: Black Past
Cleaver, Emanuel (1944- )
Reverend Emanuel Cleaver II, born in Waxahachie, Texas in 1944, is best known as the first African American mayor of Kansas City, Missouri.  Cleaver, who grew up in a public housing project in Wichita Falls, Texas, graduated from Prairie View A & M University in Texas with a B.S. in Sociology
Read more
Source: Black Past
Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne is an American actor, writer, director and producer. He was born on July 30, 1961 in Augusta, Georgia to Hattie Bell and Laurence John Fishburne, Jr. His parents divorced when he was very young and he moved to Brooklyn, New York with his mother while visiting his father once
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
Sponsored by Eastern Bank
Jul
30
1961
More from theGrio
Online system to seek asylum in US is quickly overwhelmed
‘He’s close to us’: Wheelchair users in Africa await pope
Trustees picked by DeSantis may change progressive college
Trump says beating of Nichols ‘never should have happened’
DOJ announces takedown of fraudulent nursing degree operation
One of the twin brothers abducted in December dies at 6 months old
Starr Andrews becomes first Black woman to medal at U.S. figure skating championships in more than three decades
Barrett Strong, Motown artist known for ‘Money,’ dies at 81
Hurts, Eagles soar into Super Bowl, rout 49ers for NFC title
John Sims, the artist known for burning the confederate flag, reminds us of the power of Black art
Kansas City police find body in man's car after towing it
Tyre Nichols case revives calls for change in police culture
Kenyan athletes dominate during Life Time Marathon in Miami
The river in Kenya's capital is dying
White unsafeness is the beast that threatens Black people
Tia Mowry drops natural haircare brand 4U by Tia
Trevor Noah returns as Grammy host with comfort, nervousness
Analysis: Two Black quarterbacks set for historic Super Bowl matchup
Oregon woman nets $1 million after discrimination by gas station attendant
Steve McQueen reflects on '12 Years a Slave,' says 'it wouldn’t have been made without Obama being president'
Viral 11-year-old Nathan Broxton sees first 5 Broadway shows
What should inclusion at work look like in 2023?
Rickey Smiley's son Brandon dies
The Jack and Jill of America Foundation celebrates 55 years of giving
Biden must be 'healer in chief' as Tyre Nichols' parents are invited to SOTU address
Stevie Wonder celebrates Houston matriarch who died at 103
Michael Jackson's nephew Jaafar Jackson will play the late singer in upcoming biopic
President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11
Eboni K. Williams to star in 'Equal Justice' court series with Allen Media Group
6th Memphis officer relieved of duty in Tyre Nichols arrest
The Brooklyn Circus and the Gap launch new campaign honoring Stephen “tWitch” Boss
W. Va. Senate passes bill requiring 'In God We Trust' phrase displayed in all public schools
Chicago prosecutor dropping R. Kelly sex-abuse charges
7th Memphis officer disciplined, EMTs fired in Tyre Nichols' death
California reparations task force met again to prep for June deadline
Minnesota county to address racism as a health issue
‘Dear Cuture’ Presents 'Tru-ish Black Stories' for Black History Month
Tyre Nichols police report: Cop is the victim, 'irate' Nichols grabbed for gun. Video contradicts it all
EXCLUSIVE: Vice President Harris to attend the funeral of Tyre Nichols
Black women creatives enlisted for 'The Wiz' stage revival
Ex-Kentucky cop gets 2 years probation in case tied to killing of Black chef
Shemar Moore just told us about pregnant girlfriend. Now the baby's here.
Kerry Washington announces plans to publish her first memoir
FX cancels 'Kindred' after one season
Get ready for more Fenty babies, Rihanna trademarks 'Fenty Kids'
Will Smith, Martin Lawrence confirm new 'Bad Boys' film in the works
Tyre Nichols case shows officers still fail to intervene
Loni Love undergoes gallbladder surgery, advises fans to 'check your health'
Gangs in Haiti take control as democracy withers
DeSantis pushes ban on diversity programs in state colleges

Education Facts

Politics Facts

Literature Facts