In 1928 Oscar DePriest became the first African American congressman elected to the House of Representatives from a northern state…
Eight-year-old Amirikis Smith has been saving for college for the past two years. He has already deposited more than $300.…
Identical twin brothers Albert and Allen Hughes became celebrities when they completed their first feature-length movie, Menace II Society. Their…
George Washington Carver developed 300 derivative products from peanuts, among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains,…
In 1940, Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American performer to win an Academy Award (the film industry’s highest honor) for…
In honor of Black History Month, we profile the woman who stood by Dr. Martin Luther King’s side during his…
On February 12, 2009, the NAACP will mark its 100th anniversary. Spurred by growing racial violence in the early twentieth…
In 1992, Dr. Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to go into space aboard the space shuttle Endeavor.…
On July 2, 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. See his remarks on this historic day…
On October 1, 1962 James Meredith became the first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. See…
Remember Rodge from "What's Happening", and Thelma from Good Times? Well here is a gallery that pays tribute to those…
Black music is in fact America's original music, and the Spirituals-Blues-Jazz-Gospel-Charleston-Twist-HipHop gift is the foundation not only of rhythm and…
As we celebrate Black History month, we pay tribute to Rosa Parks. Rosa Parks was a modest seamstress on her…
Black History Month began as "Negro History Week," which was created in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a noted African…
Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives.
Get the 411 on Chairwoman and Founder of Radio One Cathy Hughes.
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