Three civil rights workers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodmanand James Chaney, were killed on June 21, 1964, by members of the KuKlux Klan while working to
James C. Napier, politician, lawyer and owner of the first Black-owned bank in Tennessee, was born in Nashville on this day in 1845. Napier was
An excavation in Tulsa finds five coffins thought to be victims of the 1921 massacre, bringing the number of unidentified victims buried in a mass
After 11 hours of deliberation, a jury of 12 reached a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd
The tragic killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright has the world onceagain mourning the death of a Black man by police in Minnesota.Yankees center fielder Aaron
Elgin Baylor, the Los Angeles Lakers forward and NBA Hall of Famer,has passed away due natural causes the Lakers announced on Monday, March 22. He
Happy birthday to the legendary Stephanie Mills! Stephanie Mills celebrates her 64th birthday today. The New Yorknative got her big break when she played Dorothy
March 13 marked one year once since police killed Breonna Taylor in her home. Her boyfriend Kenneth Walker has now filed a lawsuit against the
Congress passed two major bills late in the evening on March 3. The House approved H.R. 1, which is a government and elections reform bill
Civil rights icon Vernon Jordan passes at 85 surrounded by loved ones.
On Jan. 27, Cicely Tyson died at 96 years old. Her cause of death is not known. The Tony and Emmy winner was born December
