Sarah Vaughan was born on March 27, 1924, in Newark, New Jersey. Vaughan began singing in church as a child and later performed in local

On this day in 2002, actress Halle Berry became the first Black woman to receive an Academy Award for Best Actress in a leading role.

On March 23, 1938, Atlanta’s first Black mayor, Maynard H. Jackson Jr., was born in Dallas, Texas. Jackson’s family moved to Atlanta in 1945 when

On March 22, 1873, the Spanish legislature passed a law abolishing slavery in the colony of Puerto Rico. The decree mandated that although slaves were

White-ruled South Africa claimed possession of the territory now known as Namibia in 1920, after occupying the land, beginning in 1915, during World War I.

On this day, director, producer and writer Spike Lee was born in Atlanta in 1957. Born Shelton Jackson Lee, he became an amateur filmmaker by

Nat King Cole was born in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 17, 1919. He was born Nathaniel Adams Coles, the son of Edward Coles, a Baptist

Bobby Caldwell, a celebrated singer and songwriter, passed away on March 14 at the age of 71, according to USA Today. His cause of death

Maurice Ashley became the first Black chess player to earn the rank of International Grand Master on March 15, 1999. It is the highest designation

The FBI registered 10,840 cases of hate crimes in 2021, up from 8,052 in 2020, according to a supplement to the agency’s annual report on