Hank Aaron Prevailed in the Face of Racism to Break babe Ruth’s Homerun Record
On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth ’s legendary record of 714 homers....
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Shirley Chisholm Talks About How She Was Treated as the First Black Congresswoman
Shirley Chisholm became the first Black congresswoman in 1968. Four years later, she became the first major-party Black candidate to make a bid for the...
Quick Black History Lessons: Denmark Vesey
Denmark Vesey was a former slave, carpenter, and insurrection leader. In 1799 he won $1500 in a lottery and paid his master $600 for his...
Quick Black History Lessons: The Harlem Hellfighters
The Harlem Hellfighters were an African-American infantry unit in WWI who spent more time in combat than any other American unit. Despite their courage, sacrifice...
Freedom’s Journal: The First Black Owned Newspaper In The United States
Founded on March 16, 1827 as a four-page, four-column standard-sized weekly, Freedom's Journal was the first black-owned and operated newspaper in the United States, and...
Nike Unveils Black History Month 2019 Collection [Photos]
As part of a yearly initiative Nike will be releasing a Black History Month themed collection. According to the formal press release the designs were inspired “by...
The Forgotten Tale of DeWitty: Black History of Nebraska
The Stuhr Museum held a reception for a great untold tale of 12 African American families who settled in northwest Nebraska. They settled in a...
Share Our History: Mansa Musa – The Wealthiest Man Who Ever Lived
When you think of the world’s all-time richest people, you probably think of names like Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet or John D. Rockefeller. But few have heard...
Never Forget: 1917 East St. Louis Race War – 100 Blacks Shot, Burned and Clubbed to Death
East St. Louis back then was an industrial boom town with all kinds of conflicts and tensions between ethnic and political groups, workers, companies, and unions but...
Share Our History: 6 Little Known Facts About African King Shaka Zulu
Shaka kaSenzangakhona, also known as Shaka Zulu, was a great Zulu king and conqueror. He lived in an area of South-East Africa, between the Drakensberg...
Never Forget: America’s Forgotten Mass Lynching: When 237 Black Sharecroppers Were Murdered In Arkansas
In 1919, after the end of World War I, Black sharecroppers in Arkansas began to unionize. This attempt to form unions, triggered white vigilantism and...