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On February 20, 1895, Frederick Douglass passed away at approximately 77 years old in Washington, D.C. A towering figure in American history,…
On February 18, 1867, just two years after the Civil War ended, Rev. William Jefferson White, a Baptist minister, founded the Augusta…
On February 17, 1963, Michael Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York. Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of…
On February 6, 1820, 88 free Black men and women set sail for Sierra Leone aboard the Mayflower of Liberia, marking the…
On February 4, 1913, civil rights icon Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her defining moment came on December 1, 1955,…
On this day (January 31) in 1919, Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. He would go on to change baseball and…
On this day, January 30, in 1867, Morgan State University was founded in Baltimore, Maryland. Originally established as the Centenary Biblical Institute…
On January 28, 1960, Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most celebrated writers of the Harlem Renaissance, passed away at the age…
On Jan. 16, 1865, Union General William T. Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15, promising freed Black families 40 acres and…
On Jan. 10, 1957, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was founded in Atlanta, Georgia. Emerging from the success of the Montgomery…
On Dec. 25, 1907, legendary jazz musician and bandleader Cabell “Cab” Calloway was born in Rochester, New York. Raised in Baltimore, Calloway…
On Dec. 24, 1954, Libya declared its long-sought independence from colonial Italian rule, marking a pivotal turning point in its history. The…