Category: History

The case of the Jena Six exposed racial injustice and inequality following an incident involving six male African American teenagers. The arrest of the students, all enrolled at Jena High…

Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Deion Luwynn Sanders is a college football coach, former professional football player, and baseball player. Sanders…

Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Sultry soulful vocalist, lyricist, composer, actor, and activist Oleta Adams was born on May 4, 1953…

Chuck Leonard, a pioneering disk jockey known for his rich, smooth voice, was born Charles Wesley Leonard in Chicago, Illinois, on March 30, 1937 to Alma Leonard and Charles Leon.…

The African-American animator and director Frank Cavalier Braxton Jr. was born on March 31, 1929, in Los Angeles, California to Frank Cavalier Braxton from Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mignon A. Callaway…

Prolific David Drake, also known as Dave the Potter, was an enslaved artist born on a plantation in North Carolina in 1801. He toiled the soil and labored on several…

Flip Wilson was the first African American to host a hit variety series on television. The Flip Wilson Show aired from 1970 to 1974 and in addition to high ratings,…

The grandson of formerly enslaved people, Walter Franklin Anderson, classical pianist, organist, composer, jazz musician, community activist, and academician, was born on May 12, 1915, in segregated Zanesville, Ohio. Walter…

Byron Allen (Folks) is an American businessman, television producer, and comedian, born in Detroit, Michigan on April 22, 1961. He is married to Jennifer Lucas and the couple have three…

Willie C. Stewart Sr. became Tacoma’s first Black school principal at Lincoln High School on June 25, 1970. Stewart’s appointment by School Superintendent Angelo Giaudrone, considered truly historic at the…