You may also like
Franco Harris
Franco Harris is a retired American football player. He was born in March 7, 1950 to an African American father and an Italian mother. He studied at Rancocas Valley Regional High School in New Jersey and later at Penn State University. Here he played for the team “Littany Lions” as
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
Mar
7
1950
Frank Robinson
Ruth Robinson’s tenth and last child, Frank Robinson Jr., was born in August 31, 1935 after her marriage to her third husband, Frank Robinson. Unfortunately, her third marriage did not work out either and the mother moved to California from Texas with Robinson Jr. and his two
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
Sponsored by Christo Rey New York High School
Aug
31
1935
Reggie Jackson
Born May 18, 1946, Reggie Jackson of Pennsylvania belonged to a family of eight with the head of the family working as a tailor. The parents soon separated and Jackson was sent to live with his
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
May
18
1946
Collins, Jason Paul (1978- )
Jason Collins, a NationalBasketball Association center, made history in May 2013 by becoming the first professionalathlete in a major American team sport to reveal his homosexuality in aninterview which appeared in Sports
Read more
Source: Black Past
Sponsored by APEX Museum
Dec
2
1978
From Slave to Litigant: African Americans in Court in the Post-Civil War South
In the following article Melissa Milewski, a graduate student in history at New York University, describes her research which has uncovered the surprising success of African American litigants in court cases in the post-Civil War
Read more
Source: Black Past
Jan
1
1854
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington was an eminent twentieth century African American composer and pianist. He was also a bandleader of jazz orchestras which he led from 1932 till his demise. He served the American music industry for over 50
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
Sponsored by National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAP) Boston Chapter
Apr
29
1899
(1923) Bishop Randall Albert Carter, “Whence and Whither”
By the standards of African American history, Bishop Randall Albert Carter is a little known figure. Born in Fort Valley, Georgia on January 1, 1867, he was educated at Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina and Paine College in Augusta, Georgia. An active pastor in the Colored (later
Read more
Source: Black Past
Sponsored by Prospanica Boston Professional Chapter
Baseball catcher Elston Gene Howard born
Baseball catcher Elston Gene Howard was born in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1965, Howard signed a $70,000 contract with the NY Yankees and became the highest paid player in the history of baseball at the time.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Feb
23
1929
Jack Johnson - Heavyweight Champion (1878-1946)
Jack Johnson, the worlds first African-American heavyweight champion, patented a wrench on April 18, 1922. He was born John Arthur Johnson on March 31, 1878 in
Read more
Source: ThoughtCo
The Moynihan Report (1965)
The Negro
Read more
Source: Black Past
Jan
4
1965
Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffery Jordan is an American basketball legend who played for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards for 15 seasons. Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. In high school he played baseball, football, and basketball. When he
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Feb
17
1963
Holder, Eric H. (1951- )
Eric H. Holder, Jr., U.S. Attorney General since 2009, was born on January 21, 1951 in the Bronx, New York to parents of Barbadian descent, Eric, a real estate agent and Miriam Holder, a telephone operator.  Holder was raised in East Elmhurst, Queens, a community which included a number of famous
Read more
Source: Black Past
Sponsored by National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAP) Boston Chapter
Mays, Willie Howard, Jr.
Mays, Willie Howard, Jr. ( Say Hey Willie Mays), 1931–, American baseball player, b. Fairfield, Ala. He began his professional career at 17 with the Black Barons of the Negro National League. In 1951 he joined the New York Giants of the National League and led them to a world championship in
Read more
Source: Fact Monster - Black History
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott v. Sandford, United States Supreme Court, 1857
Read more
Source: Black Past
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963: One Participant Remembers
In the account below Edith Lee-Payne recalls the day she was photographed as a 12 year old participant in the March on Washington, and the curious history of that photograph through
Read more
Source: Black Past
Sponsored by APEX Museum
Hank Aaron
Hank Aaron is a popular retired African American professional baseball player. He is known for playing in the Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1954 to 1976 and was ranked fifth in 100 Greatest Baseball Players list. He made his reputation by hitting over 24 home runs every
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
Sponsored by Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) Boston Professional Chapter
Feb
5
1934
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson is an American civil rights activist and minister. He was born as Jesse Louis Burns on October 8, 1941 to a 16 year high school student named Helen Burns out of wedlock. Jesse’s biological father was their 33 year old neighbor named Noah Louis Robinson who was married to someone
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
Oct
8
1941
Andrew "rube" Foster organizes the first black baseballleague, the negro natio
Andrew rube Foster organizes the first black baseball league, the negro national league.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Sponsored by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) Boston Metropolitan Chapter
Jan
4
1920
Magic Johnson
Name at birth: Earvin
Read more
Source: Fact Monster - Black History
Sponsored by National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAP) Boston Chapter
Jackie Robinson
Born: 1/31/1919 Cairo, GeorgiaDied: 10/24/1972 Stamford, ConnecticutJackie Robinson was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman who became the first African American to play in the major leagues in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Apr
15
1947
Satchel Paige
Leroy Robert Satchel Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who became a legend in his own lifetime by being known as perhaps the best pitcher in baseball history, by his longevity in the game, and by attracting record
Read more
Source: Black Inventors
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was mainly a second baseman, though he also played at first and third… The Brooklyn Dodgers moved west and became the Los Angeles Dodgers after the 1957 season… Jackie Robinson attended UCLA, where he lettered in four sports: track, baseball, football and basketball… He served in
Read more
Source: Fact Monster - Black History
Black Babe Ruth
Known as the Black Babe Ruth, Josh Gibson, born in Buena Vista, Georgia on this day in 1911, was probably the most powerful baseball player of his time.
Read more
Source: Blackfacts.com
Dec
21
1911
(1845) Frederick Douglass, “My Slave Experience in Maryland”
Frederick Douglass described his early life in an address titled, “My Slave Experience in Maryland, in a speech delivered in New York City on May 6, 1845. The speech, which was reprinted in the National Antislavery Standard on May 22, 1845, appears below. Douglass had just completed his first
Read more
Source: Black Past
Archer, Dennis (1942- )
Although he has served as a public school teacher, attorney, and Michigan State Supreme Court Justice, Dennis Archer is best know as the Mayor of Detroit and the first African American to become president of the American Bar
Read more
Source: Black Past
Jan
1
1942
Walt Frazier
Walter Frazier is a retired professional NBA player who played for the New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers. He was born on March 29, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia and was the eldest of nine children. An exceptional athlete since childhood, Frazier was the star of the football, baseball and
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
Mar
29
1945
Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C. J. Walker was born on December 23, 1867 in Delta, Louisiana, the daughter of Owen and Minerva Breedlove. Her parents were former slaves working as sharecroppers and both died when Sarah was a child. As a result, Sarah was forced to move from one household to another. At age seven, she
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
(1968) Robert F. Kennedy, “On the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.”
On April 4, 1968, during an Indianapolis, Indiana rally for his presidential campaign, attended by a large number of African Americans, Robert F. Kennedy, despite suggestions he shouldnt appear at all, decided to proceed and announce the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., to a group unaware
Read more
Source: Black Past
Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Apr
4
1968
Ernie Banks
Ernest Banks, his family’s first son and second child, was born in Dallas, Texas on January 31, 1931 and devoted the first few years of his childhood to helping around the house and attending Church and Sunday school. For a while, his mother thought that Banks would take after his grandfather to
Read more
Source: Black History Resources
Jan
31
1931
Avant, Nicole (1968- )
Nicole Avant served a two-year term as U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas from 2009 to 2011. President Barack Obama nominated her for the position in 2009 and after U.S. Senate confirmation, Hilary Clinton, then Secretary of State, swore her into office on September 9, 2009.  Avant arrived in
Read more
Source: Black Past
More from Home - L.A. Focus News-0
Whicker: Lincoln Riley, Mike Bohn and the power of USC’s calculated audacity - L.A. Focus News
Basketball roundup: El Camino Real shocks Santa Clarita Christian in season opener - L.A. Focus News
Mater Dei to commission independent probe of its sports programs - L.A. Focus News
Asian shares mixed after omicron worries rattle Wall Street - L.A. Focus News
2 plead guilty in fatal fentanyl overdose of rapper Mac Miller in Studio City - L.A. Focus News
Raisel Iglesias, Angels reportedly nearing 4-year, $58M deal - L.A. Focus News
Feds seeking volunteers to host America’s nuclear waste - L.A. Focus News
Alexander: A crazy lead-in to a baseball lockout? - L.A. Focus News
VOTE: Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week, December 3 - L.A. Focus News
USC players excited by Lincoln Riley hire as new coach observes practice - L.A. Focus News
VOTE: Southern California Boys Athlete of the Week, December 3 - L.A. Focus News
Basketball roundup: Alemany’s Mikah Ballew showing signs of breakout season - L.A. Focus News
Hoornstra: Why MLB free agency might be broken, even after this week’s frenzy - L.A. Focus News
LA County Sheriff: Department will shrink by 200-300 deputies due to budget cuts - L.A. Focus News
Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 1,473 new cases and 18 new deaths, Dec. 1 - L.A. Focus News
Brandon Staley’s Chargers defense is far from a finished product - L.A. Focus News
Rams’ Matthew Stafford doesn’t plan to play it safe - L.A. Focus News
What the Lakers can do to survive LeBron James’ latest absence - L.A. Focus News
Clippers give Paul George a night off against Kings - L.A. Focus News
‘tick, tick…BOOM!’ is a sound ‘Louder than Words’ for LA students starring in Netflix video - L.A. Focus News
Rams’ Sean McVay must reverse another late-season decline - L.A. Focus News
Los Angeles leaders urge public not to fear shopping amid recent smash-and-grab attacks - L.A. Focus News
LA County confirms 1st COVID-19 case of Omicron variant - L.A. Focus News
Jan. 6 committee has interviewed 250 people so far - L.A. Focus News
San Diego State hosts Utah State in Mountain West title game - L.A. Focus News
Oregon, Utah meet again with Pac-12 title at stake - L.A. Focus News
‘Real Housewives of Orange County’ 16th season premiere offers ‘complete immersion into fabulousness’ - L.A. Focus News
Angels GM Perry Minasian believes he added impact with 4 pitchers signed before lockout - L.A. Focus News
UCLA dispatches Colorado in Pac-12 opener - L.A. Focus News
State rests case at Smollett trial after star witnesses - L.A. Focus News
Basketball roundup: Brooklyn Shamblin, Omamoke Okah are 1-2 punch for Oaks Christian girls - L.A. Focus News
Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown - L.A. Focus News
Epstein’s massage table shown to Maxwell jury - L.A. Focus News
Putin to seek guarantees on Ukraine as invasion fears grow - L.A. Focus News
With taxes going up, cannabis operators threaten ‘Weed Party’ - L.A. Focus News
Los Alamitos horse racing consensus picks for Saturday, Dec. 4 - L.A. Focus News
Clippers feel Nicolas Batum’s absence - L.A. Focus News
La Mirada man spars with city over ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’ display - L.A. Focus News
US intelligence finds Russia planning Ukraine offensive - L.A. Focus News
LeBron James’ early return shifts plans for Lakers, Clippers - L.A. Focus News
Utah routs Oregon again to clinch 1st Rose Bowl berth - L.A. Focus News
Parents of Michigan boy charged in Oxford school shooting - L.A. Focus News
Rams vs. Jacksonville Jaguars: Who has the edge? - L.A. Focus News
Utah State throttles No. 19 San Diego State for first Mountain West title - L.A. Focus News
No. 20 USC edges Washington State to stay unbeaten - L.A. Focus News
Eda digs in to claim Starlet Stakes at Los Alamitos - L.A. Focus News
Los Alamitos horse racing consensus picks for Sunday, Dec. 5 - L.A. Focus News
USC football vs. Cal: Live Pac-12 updates - L.A. Focus News
Clippers’ Nicolas Batum reconvenes basketball activities - L.A. Focus News
Valencia football falls to Scripps Ranch in high-scoring 2-A regional championship game - L.A. Focus News

Business Facts

Arts Facts

Sports Facts

New York City Facts

Cuisine Facts