March 20, 1883 – Jan. E. Matzeliger patented shoe-making machine. March 20, 1912 – Carter G. Woodson received doctorate from Harvard University. March 21, 1965 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., led march from Selma to Montgomery, AL, for voting rights. March 22, 1898 – J.W. Smith patented the lawn sprinkler. March 23, 1873 – Slavery abolished in Puerto Rico. … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – March 20, 2025
Black History
This Week In Black History – March 13, 2025
March 13, 1773 – Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, black pioneer and explorer, founded Chicago. March 14, 1965 – Montgomery bus boycott ended when municipal bus service is desegregated. March 15, 1988 – Eugene Antonio Marino, first Black archbishop, assigned to Atlanta. March 16, 1846 – Rebecca Cole, second black female physician in America, was born. March 17, … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – March 13, 2025
This Week In Black History – March 6, 2025
March 6, 1857 – U.S. Supreme Court issued Dred Scott decision. March 7, 1965 – U.S. Supreme Court upheld key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. March 8, 1977 – Henry L. Marsh, III, became first African American elected mayor of Richmond, VA. March 9, 1941 – Amistad mutineers freed by U.S. Supreme Court. March 10, 1913 – Harriet Tubman died. March … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – March 6, 2025
This Week In Black History – February 27, 2025
February 27, 1988 – Debi Thomas became first black to win an Olympic medal in figure skating. February 28, 1984 – Michael Jackson won Eight Grammy awards. March 1, 1994 – Leonard S. Coleman, Jr., elected president of the National Baseball League. March 2, 1867 – U.S. Congress enacted charter to establish Howard University in Washington, DC. March 3, 1865 – … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – February 27, 2025
Five black female scientists everyone should know about
By: Grace Blackshaw Scrolling through a list of famous scientists, it’s pretty obvious science has a diversity problem. Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Neils Bohr, Stephen Hawking – notice a pattern? It’s important to remember that not all scientists are white men – others just don’t make it into our textbooks nearly as … [Read more...] about Five black female scientists everyone should know about
This Week In Black History – February 20, 2025
February 20, 1934 – Four Saints in Three Acts, by Virgil Thompson and Gertrude Stein, premiered as the first black-performed opera on Broadway. February 21, 1965 – Civil Rights activist Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City. February 22, 1989 – Col. Frederick Gregory was the first African American to command a space shuttle mission. February 23, 1868 – W.E.B. … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – February 20, 2025
Eight black female labor leaders you should know
Black women have been on the forefront of the fight for labor rights for decades, helping improve conditions for all of America’s workers. Historically excluded from many good jobs, they’ve performed much of the essential but difficult work underpinning our economy without the protections afforded to other workers. For example, the Social Security Act of 1935 initially excluded … [Read more...] about Eight black female labor leaders you should know
This Week In Black History – February 13, 2025
February 13, 1970 – Joseph L. Searles became the first black member of the New York Stock Exchange. February 14, 1879 – B.K. Bruce of Mississippi became the first African American to preside over U.S. Senate. February 15, 1961 – U.N. sessions were disrupted by U.S. and African nationalists over assassination of Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba. February 16, 1874 – … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – February 13, 2025
This Week In Black History – February 6, 2025
February 5, 1934 – Major league home run champion Hank Aaron was born. February 6, 1867 – Robert Tanner Jackson became the first African American to earn a degree in dentistry. February 7, 1883 – Ragtime pianist and composer Hubie Blake was born. February 8, 1968 – Three South Carolina State University students were killed during segregation protest in Orangeburg, … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – February 6, 2025
This Week In Black History – January 30, 2025
January 30, 1979 – Franklin Thomas named president of Ford Foundation. January 31, 1986 – August Wilson’s Fences, starring the late James Earl Jones, opened at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre. February 1, 1902 – Playwright, poet, author Langston Hughes was born February 2, 1807 – Congress banned foreign slave trade. February 3, 1956 – Autherine Lucy enrolled as the … [Read more...] about This Week In Black History – January 30, 2025