February marks the 39th government-recognized Black History Month. But the month-long celebration of a history that was once disregarded and suppressed didn’t originate during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ‘60s. In fact, its origins date back...
By Samantha Master | Feb. 28, 2017, 12:23 p.m.Category: African Americans, Planned Parenthood
In 1926, historian and scholar Carter G. Woodson declared the second week in February Negro History Week in commemoration of the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. At the same...
Corinne S. Vaughn, a senior majoring in political science from Stockton, California, was crowned as Miss Southern University during coronation ceremonies Wednesday at the F.G. Clark Activity Center.
Vaughn, who was elected the campus queen during student elections in the...
The Songwriters Hall of Fame’s ongoing mission is to preserve, honor and celebrate the legacy of the great songwriters whose work has enriched the world’s culture, while developing new writing talent through professional education, Master Sessions, workshops, showcases, scholarships...
Mary Winston Jackson (April 9, 1921 – February 11, 2005) became National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which later became National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s, first black female engineer in 1958.
She grew up in Hampton, Virginia, where she graduated from the all-black George P....
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Exhibiting Companies Provide Sneak Peek at New Products and Services
(Alexandria, Virginia, US) – IAAPA Attractions Expo is the premier conference and trade show for the global attractions industry and the 2016 trade show floor will be the largest in...
The History of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's)
Cheyney University and Lincoln University, the two historically black colleges or universities in Pennsylvania. Their campuses are living, moving, thriving tributes to their culture-rich communities and the giftedness of the Diaspora.
Each...
Born on August 16, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois, Carol Moseley Braun was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, becoming the first black woman to earn that distinction.
First Black Woman Elected to the Senate
In 1992, Moseley Braun made the...
