Category: History

Television pioneer and Emmy-nominated actor John Amos was born John Allen Amos Jr. on December 27, 1939, in Newark, New Jersey, to John A. Amos, an automobile mechanic, and Annabelle…

Claude William Black Jr. was one of the most important advocates for civil rights and social justice in San Antonio, Texas. He was born on November 28, 1916, in San…

STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC. v. President and Fellows of Harvard Collegecertiorari to the united states court of appeals for the first circuit________________________________________No. 20–1199. Argued October 31, 2022—Decided June 29,…

MILLIKEN, GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN, ET AL. v. BRADLEY ET AL.No. 73-434.Supreme Court of United States.Argued February 27, 1974.Decided July 25, 1974.CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE…

Abigail Noel FISHER, Petitioner v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN et al.No. 11-345.Supreme Court of United States.Argued October 10, 2012.Decided June 24, 2013.Bert W. Rein, Washington, DC, Petitioner.Gregory G. Garre,…

Dr. Oscar James Cooper, a physician, is most remembered as one of the co-founders of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., the first Greek letter fraternity founded by students at an…

The John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park, on two and a half acres at the intersection of the African American community of Greenwood (Black Wall Street) and downtown Tulsa, is one…

Wilmont A. Barclay, a professional escape artist, mind reader, and hypnotist, was one of the most successful Black magicians of the early 20th Century. Barclay was born in St. Andrew…

Leah Penniman is a farmer and food sovereignty activist who cofounded Soul Fire Farm near Grafton, New York, in 2010. Penniman was born in 1980 to Adele Smith, an African…

George F. Bowles, born enslaved in 1844 in Charleston, South Carolina, was one of the most prominent figures in Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction era Mississippi. He was a lawyer, newspaper editor,…