This Day in Black History: Feb. 5, 1934
Baseball legend Hank Aaron is born in Mobile, Alabama.
Hank Aaron, who is hailed by many as one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game, was born in Mobile, AL, on this day in 1934. Afte ...
Posted Sunday, February 5th 2023 at 10:09AM
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The 37 Negro Leagues legends in the HOF
January 31st, 2022
The National Baseball Hall of Fame features over 300 members in its famous Plaque Gallery, but the path for 37 of them was longer than the rest.
The Negro Leagues and Black baseball at ...
Posted Saturday, February 4th 2023 at 1:25PM
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This Day in Black History: Feb. 4, 1986
On Feb. 4, 1986, the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative postage stamp honoring abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth as part of its Black Heritage series.
Sojourner Truth was ...
Posted Saturday, February 4th 2023 at 10:36AM
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This Day in Black History: Feb. 4, 1913
Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks is born in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Civil rights icon Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Ala., on this day in 1913.
On Dec. 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white p ...
Posted Saturday, February 4th 2023 at 10:11AM
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HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH!!! ON FEBRUARY 3…
in 1870, the 15TH AMENDMENT, giving BLACKS THE RIGHT TO VOTE was ratified
in 1874, in Mississippi, BLANCHE KELSO BRUCE was elected to a full 6-year term in the US Senate becoming the FIRST BLACK SENAT ...
Posted Friday, February 3rd 2023 at 1:37PM
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Remembering Three Lynchings in Montgomery County
Historian Anthony Cohen of The Menare Foundation, Inc. reveals the stories of three racial terror lynchings that occurred in Montgomery County in 1880 & 1896.
George Washington Peck was the first ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 10:12PM
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Black Americans Who Broke Barriers in the Business World
Story by Kris Scott •
Taking Care of Business
Historically, we've tended to hear about the major successes of Black Americans only when they happen on the field or on a stage, and that ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 4:52PM
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(1955) CONGRESSMAN ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR., “SPEECH ON CIVIL RIGHTS”
On February 2, 1955, New York Representative Adam Clayton Powell, then one of only three African Americans in the U.S. Congress, rose to argue that his colleagues should support ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 11:00AM
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Black History in Automotive: Edmond Berger Invented the Spark Plug
Edmond Berger was born in Bolivia, the city of CumGyauy (Birthdate: Unknown).
Some historians have reported that Edmond Berger invented an early spark plug (sometimes in British ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 10:23AM
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Eric Holder
On February 2, 2009, the United States Senate confirmed Eric Holder as the first African American Attorney General in the United States by a vote in the affirmative of 75-21.
Holder had been nominated by President Barack Obama on De ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 10:01AM
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About Black History Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Mu ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2023 at 6:57PM
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Sharpton's message to 5 Black officers accused of killing Tyre Nichols: 'How dare you!'
Story by David Knowles
In his eulogy for Tyre Nichols on Wednesday, the Rev. Al Sharpton singled out the five Black Memphis police officers indicted for thei ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2023 at 6:33PM
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Why Black Newborns Are 3 Times More Likely to Die in the Care of White Doctors
Story by Kaitlin Stanford •
It's a statistic so shocking, it almost seems hard to believe. But, according to a recent study led by researchers at George Mason Universi ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2023 at 5:47PM
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Samuel L. Gravely Jr.
Samuel Lee Gravely Jr. (June 4, 1922 – October 22, 2004) was a United States Navy officer. He was the first African American in the U.S. Navy to serve aboard a fighting ship as an officer, the first to command a Navy ship, th ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2023 at 9:46PM
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On This Day Amendment, abolishing slavery in US
On This Day in history: House passes 13th amendment, abolishing slavery in US
Detroit
BY SARA POWERS
(CBS DETROIT) - On this day in 1865, the House of Representatives passed the 13th Amendment ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2023 at 8:57PM
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This Day in Black History: Jan. 31, 1943
Broadway star Etta Moten Barnett became the first Black person to sing at the White House.
Broadway star and film actress Etta Moten Barnett sang at the birthday party for President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2023 at 3:39PM
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Coretta Scott King
American civil-rights activist
Coretta Scott King, née Coretta Scott, (born April 27, 1927, Marion, Alabama, U.S.—died January 30, 2006, Rosarito, Mexico), American civil rights activist who was the wife of Martin Luther King, ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2023 at 2:29PM
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James Baldwin
American author
James Baldwin, in full James Arthur Baldwin, (born August 2, 1924, New York, New York—died December 1, 1987, Saint-Paul, France), American essayist, novelist, and playwright whose eloquence and passion on the subject ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2023 at 2:13PM
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JACKIE ROBINSON FIRST MODERN AFRICAN-AMERICAN PLAYER BORN
January 31, 1919 - October 24, 1972
Jackie Robinson breaks "Color Barrier" and Becomes First Modern Day African American Baseball Player for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackie Robinson bec ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2023 at 1:51PM
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When the officers are Black: Tyre Nichols' death raises tough questions about race in policing
Story by Rick Jervis and Jessica Guynn, US TODAY
In the long sequence of high-profile deaths of Black men at the hands of American police, the death of ...
Posted Saturday, January 28th 2023 at 7:21PM
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BLUES SIGNER BOBBY ''BLUE'' BLAND BORN
January 27, 1930
Robert Calvin Bland (born Robert Calvin Brooks; January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer.
Bland developed a sound that m ...
Posted Friday, January 27th 2023 at 5:46PM
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Introduces New Law To Prosecute White Supremacists: Here's What It Would Mean
Story by Christopher Rhodes •
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) has introduced a new law in the House of Representatives to tackle racist violence ...
Posted Friday, January 27th 2023 at 11:59AM
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The story of one of Chicago’s first Black power couples, Etta Moten and Claude Barnett
By Ron Grossman
It was written in the stars for Etta Moten and Claude Barnett to be married on the fly. Professional lives made theirs a commuting romance for ...
Posted Friday, January 27th 2023 at 10:34AM
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How did Mahalia Jackson die? Devastating last days of 'Queen of Gospel' plagued by ill-health
By Beverly White
Mahalia Jackson passed away at a relatively young age of 60 on January 27, 1972. However, she made sure those 60 years were meaningful. ...
Posted Friday, January 27th 2023 at 10:23AM
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This Day in Black History: Jan. 27, 1766
Pierre Toussaint, a former slave from the Caribbean, became one of the noted Black philanthropists in the United States.
He was born in the then French colony of Haiti on Jan. 27, 1766, and was brought t ...
Posted Friday, January 27th 2023 at 10:16AM
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