On July 21, 1959, the Boston Red Sox became racially integrated. By signing infielder Elijah “Pumpsie” Green, the Red Sox became the last major league
On July 20, 1967, more than a thousand people from a wide array of community organizations and other groups convened in Newark to discuss the
Nearly 27 years after Tupac Shakur’s death, Las Vegas police announced that a search warrant was served in connection with the investigation into the murder
Exactly 59 years ago today, on July 18, 1964, the Harlem Race Riot began after a 15-year-old Black teenager was fatally shot by a white
Diahann Carroll was born in the Bronx, New York, on July 17, 1935. When she was an infant, the family moved to Harlem, where she
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture opened in Harlem, New York, on July 14, 1905. The center is one of the leading institutions
On this day, July 13, in 1965, Thurgood Marshall was appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson to be the Solicitor General. After receiving a law degree
On this day, July 12, in 1967, tension between police and residents in Newark, New Jersey, boiled over in what is now known as the
On this day (July 11) in 1905, W.E.B. Du Bois founded the Niagara Movement to aggressively petition for civil rights for African-Americans. The Niagara Movement
At 6’5″, according to the WNBA, the former Los Angeles Sparks center is considered to be “one of the most dynamic, popular female basketball players in the world.”
Jazz icon Louis Armstrong passed away on this day 52 years ago, on July 6, 1971. Born on August 4, 1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana,
Elon Musk’s new vision for Twitter appears to be backfiring and a new social media app created by Black tech entrepreneurs is surging. Last week,
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