Little Known Black History Fact

Little Known Black History Fact: Claudette Colvin

Rosa Parks and her defiant act of refusing to give up her seat in December 1955 in Montgomery, Ala. helped…

Jackie Robinson’s historic barrier-breaking feat celebrated its 70th anniversary last week, but a pair of forgotten Black baseball players might…

Esther Afua Ocloo isn’t a widely known name in the world of business, but that might change this week thanks…

Leila Foley-Davis made history in 1973 after she became the first Black woman elected mayor in the United States. Her…

The 1967 Race Riots of Detroit, also known as the 12th Street Riots, were among the most violent civil disturbances…

Cherokee Bill was an outlaw who committed a series of violent crimes across the Indian Territory of the 19th Century,…

The samurai has maintained an image of fierceness, mystery, and honor across the mediums of film and literature. While the…

COINTELPRO, short of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Program, was created by former director J. Edgar Hoover as a means to spy…

Dawn Staley is one of the most celebrated women’s basketball players of her era and her collegiate career was…

William T. Coleman was a pioneering legal figure who argued major cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in…