Emmett Till Antilynching Act
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of AmericaAT THE SECOND SESSIONBegun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the third day of January, two thousand and…
Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (1977- )
Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr is a professional boxer and boxing promoter. Mayweather was born on February 24, 1977, to Floyd Mayweather Sr. and Deborah Sinclair in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mayweather…
The Watts Truce (1992)
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!The Watts Truce was a peace agreement among rival Blood and Crips street gangs in Los…
Nick Aaron Ford (1904-1982)
Nick Aaron Ford, critic, pedagogic, and activist, was born on August 4, 1904, in Ridgeway (part of Columbia), South Carolina, to Nick Aaron Ford, Sr., a laborer who was born…
Otha Edward Thornton, Jr. (1967- )
Otha Edward Thornton, Jr., the first African American President of the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA), was born in October of 1967 and reared in Elberton, Georgia, to Otha Edward…
Duke And North Carolina Raise Handshake Pettiness To New Level
Basketball guys can sure be little people at times. Duke assistant coach Chris Carrawell refused to shake the hand of UNC head coach Hubert Davis in the postgame line. Notice…
Yvette Smith (1966-2014)
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Yvette Smith, a 47-year-old former housekeeper and mother of three, was shot and killed at her…
Hurricane Chris (1989- )
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Christopher Dooley Jr is an American rapper known to the world as Hurricane Chris. Born in…
Tyrese Gibson (1978- )
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Rhythm & Blues vocalist, lyricist, and actor Tyrese Darnell Gibson was born on December 30, 1978,…
St. Philip’s College (1898- )
St. Philip’s College began as St. Philip’s Normal and Industrial School, in 1898 as an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), in San Antonio, Texas, to educate and train newly…