January 18, 1958: The NHL Is Integrated

VIA:  History.Com On January 18, 1958, hockey player Willie O’Ree of the Boston Bruins takes to the ice for a…

January 4, 1976 FBI Conspiracy Against Black Militant…

VIA:  ICDC.Com THE FBI’S COVERT ACTION PROGRAM TO DESTROY THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY INTRODUCTION In August 1967, the FBI initiated…

Celebrating Jackie Robinson

VIA:  JackieRobinson.Com Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia in 1919 to a family of sharecroppers. His mother, Mallie…

Easter Sunday 1939 – Marian Anderson Is Denied…

VIA:  TheKennedyCenter.Org (singer; born February 27, 1897, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Most Americans best remember Marian Anderson for her conscience-grabbing concert at…

February 1909 – Mamie Smith Records The First…

VIA:  RedHotJazz.Com Mamie Smith was the first to record blues songs in 1920 with her versions of Perry Bradford’s “Crazy…

NAACP Founded February 12, 1909

VIA:  NAACP.Org The NAACP was formed partly in response to the continuing horrific practice of lynching and the 1908 race…

Oscar DePriest – First Black Congressman Elected November…

VIA:  EncyclopediaOfChicago.Org Oscar DePriest was born in Florence, Alabama, to ex-slaves. He arrived in Chicago in 1889. DePriest worked as…

President Johnson Signs The Civil Rights Act –…

July 2nd, 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.  The signing of this act was the most…

James Meredith Integrates The University Of Mississippi –…

On October 1, 1962 James Meredith became the first African American student to enroll at the University of  Mississippi.  President…

GALLERY: Top Black TV Sitcoms

Over the years there have been several African American sitcoms to grace to TV screen.  Check out our gallery that…