On this day, Oct. 24, 1996, Berry Gordy, the visionary founder of Motown Records, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Gordy established
On Oct. 18, 1961, Wynton Marsalis, a native of New Orleans, was born. He is regarded as one of the world’s greatest jazz trumpet players
On Aug. 28, 2008, Barack Obama made history by becoming the Democratic Party’s first African-American presidential nominee during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
On June 17, 1972, security guard Frank Wills exposed the Watergate break-in. Although President Richard M. Nixon and Washington Post star reporters Bob Woodward and
On June 12, 1963, civil rights leader Medgar W. Evers was assassinated by a white supremacist outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi, at the age
Marcus Garvey, the leader of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, died in London after suffering from several strokes on this day, June 10, in
In a stand against efforts to bury Black history, leaders from the nation’s major civil rights organizations have rallied behind the Freedom to Learn campaign. On the
On February 13, 1920, Andrew “Rube” Foster made history by establishing the Negro National League (NNL), marking a pivotal moment in African-American sports. Known as
The Zulu-British War, which was triggered by the escalating encroachment of the British Empire onto the territory of the Zulu nation, began on this day
On this day (Nov. 10) in 1898, the Wilmington Massacre took place in Wilmington, North Carolina. This tragic event occurred exactly 125 years ago, marking
Julieanna L. Richardson is the founder & director of The HistoryMakers, a national educational institution based in Chicago, committed to preserving, developing, and providing easy
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