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On April 13, 1964, Sidney Poitier made history by becoming the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor.…
A recent study from the Kaiser Family Foundation reveals that gun violence disproportionately affects Black Americans. According to the research, 34% of…
The Black unemployment rate fell to 5% in March, down from 5.7% in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. This marks…
On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously delivered his final speech at the Mason Temple Church of God in…
On March 31, 1888, Sojourner Truth helped establish the National Council of Women, the oldest private women’s organization in the nation. It…
Due to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ attacks on Black history, the Florida NAACP has unanimously voted on a travel advisory for Black…
One hundred years ago today, Zeta Phi Beta, one of the prominent national Black sororities, was chartered. Three years before the organization…
Vice President Kamala Harris began a weeklong tour of Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia on Monday, the first visit by a high-ranking Biden…
Sarah Vaughan was born on March 27, 1924, in Newark, New Jersey. Vaughan began singing in church as a child and later…
On this day in 2002, actress Halle Berry became the first Black woman to receive an Academy Award for Best Actress in…
On March 23, 1938, Atlanta’s first Black mayor, Maynard H. Jackson Jr., was born in Dallas, Texas. Jackson’s family moved to Atlanta…
On March 22, 1873, the Spanish legislature passed a law abolishing slavery in the colony of Puerto Rico. The decree mandated that…