Although blocked by white Southerners from being seated in the U.S. Senate, Pinchback was named acting governor from December 9, 1872, to January 13, 1873, while the current governor was being impeached, becoming the first African-American to govern any state.
Heavyweight boxer Charles “Sonny” Liston was born on May 8, 1932, in St. Francis County, Arkansas. Liston fought his way to boxing fame, becoming the
On May 5, 1905, the influential Black newspaper, the Chicago Defender, was founded by Robert S. Abbott. The paper was the first Black publication to
The thirteen Freedom Riders, seven Black and six white activists, rode two buses bound for New Orleans, testing the enforcement of the Supreme Court ruling and challenging the segregationist policies of the region.
WNBA superstar Brittney Griner is speaking out on the inclusion of transgender athletes in competitive sports. The Spun reports at a press conference during the
Elijah McCoy was born on May 2, 1843, to formerly enslaved people who fled the U.S. via the underground railroad. When McCoy was just three
Hate crimes have been going up since the 2008 election when Barack Obama became the nation’s first Black president. At an alarming rate, hate crimes have increased by more than 80% since 2015, marked by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
On April 28, 1967, boxing legend Muhammad Ali was stripped of his heavyweight championship title after he refused to be inducted into the U.S. Army
Coretta Scott King was born in Marion, Alabama, on April 27, 1927. She would marry civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and work
Born in Harlem, New York, in 1927, Belafonte rose to fame with hits such as “The Banana Boat Song” and “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song),” which became staples of the calypso genre.
The civil rights organization argues that these measures undermine the rights of the city of Jackson, which holds a majority-Black population, to control its criminal justice system.
Known as “the High Priestess of Soul,” Nina Simone was born in 1933 as Eunice Kathleen Waymon in North Carolina, and went on to study
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