Her recipes are the key to her success as an award-winning Southern chef. Her meals were delicious […]
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Meet Samuel Scottron, The Man Who Invented The First Adjustable Mirror For Barbershops
Prior to the Civil War, Samuel Raymond Scottron’s father worked as a barber and baggage master on […]
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Woman Behind Miami’s First Bahamian Restaurant In 1929 Gets Street Renamed After Her
When boxing legend Muhammad Ali visited Overtown, Miami, decades ago, he ate at Margaret Jane Thompson Mackey’s […]
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Marie-Joseph Angélique: She Escaped Slavery Only To Be Recaptured And Tortured To Death
Marie-Joseph Angélique was a Black woman enslaved in Montréal. After a fire destroyed Montréal’s merchants’ quarter in […]
Celebrity Profiles
Who Was Zora Neale Hurston, A Renowned American Author?
Zora Neale Hurston was an African-American folklorist and writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance who celebrated rural […]
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Frankie J. Pierce: Founder Of Tennessee Vocational School For Colored Girls
Frankie J. Pierce founded the Tennessee Vocational School for Colored Girls with a vision, determination, and courage. […]
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Facts About Buffalo Soldiers, The Afro-American “Park Rangers”
When President Teddy Roosevelt visited San Francisco in 1903, he personally requested the now-legendary Buffalo Soldiers to […]
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Lucretia Marchbanks: The Greatest Cook In The Black Hills Of South Dakota
Lucretia Marchbanks, known for her hospitality and delicious food, may have been the first black woman in […]
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Remembering Agrippa Hull, A Free Black Soldier Who Fought In The Revolutionary War
Agrippa Hull, a free Black soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War, was the assistant of Polish […]
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Profiling Sebastian Toral, One Of The Early Black Conquistadores
Sebastian Toral was an early Black conquistador with little information about his life. This could be because […]
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The Legacy Of Frederick McKinley Jones, A Black Inventor In The Refrigeration And Cinema Industries
Frederick McKinley Jones, one of the most prolific Black inventors of all time, patented over 60 inventions […]
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Who Was Pio Pico, The Last Governor Of Alta California?
Pio Pico is best known for being the third and final governor of Alta California, a former […]
Sports
Jose Torres: Former Boxing World Champion And Olympic Medalist From Puerto Rico
Jose Torres is a former Puerto Rican boxing world champion and Olympic medalist. Born on May 3, […]
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Who Was Thelma Johnson Streat, Black American Artist Who Earned International Fame For Her Visual And Performance Art?
WPA artist Thelma Johnson Streat achieved international acclaim for her visual and performance art. Johnson was born […]
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Facts About The Dessalines And The 1804 Haiti Massacre
The European colonial superpowers were losing their foothold in the Americas during the late 18th and early […]
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Meet Fannie Cobb Carter, The First Black Woman To Work In Newspapers In West Virginia
Fannie Cobb was a pioneer educator who established the West Virginia Colored Institute’s teacher-training department. Cobb […]
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Profiling Claude Albert Barnett, Founder Of The Associated Negro Press
Claude Albert Barnett, a journalist, entrepreneur, and social justice advocate, founded the Associated Negro Press. Barnett attended […]
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The Legacy of Honoring the Black Americans in the U.S. National Parks
Throughout the month of February, the United States commemorates National African American History Month by honoring African-Americans’ […]
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Remembering Oliver W. Hill, The Lead Attorney for the Virginia State Conference of NAACP
Oliver W. Hill was a civil rights activist and African American attorney. Hill and his colleagues filed […]
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Akpema, Togo’s Initiation Rites That Prepare A Girl From The Age Of One To Become A Woman
Akpema is a rite of passage for young maidens in Togo, a West African country. It takes […]
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Watts Truce: The Historic Meeting Of Two Rival Gangs That Brought An End To 30 Years Of Street Violence In Los Angeles
Though many local activists and public officials were skeptical of the peace agreement, the Watts Truce signed […]