Category: History

Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Kirk Franklin and the Family, an ensemble that comprised 23 singers and musicians who were biologically…

Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!The R&B balladeers known as the Whispers formed in the Watts section of Los Angeles, California,…

Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Wayne “Bone Crusher” Hardnett Jr. is a rapper and actor who are best known for his…

Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Omali Yeshitela, Pan-Africanist, socialist, and activist, was born Joseph Allen Waller, Jr. on October 9, 1941,…

Hamilton Earl Holmes was the less publicized of the Black duo who desegregated the University of Georgia in 1961. He was born July 8, 1941, in Atlanta, Georgia, the son…

Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Antonio “Big Daddy Kane” Hardy is an American rapper who was originally a member of the…

Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Maree Benjamin “Rich Boy” Richards is a rapper who was best known for his 2006 hit…

Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Peaches & Herb is an American vocal duo. Herb Fame was born Herbert Feemster on October…

Robert Harold Ogle (born April 3, 1886) was a founder (Jewel) of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. (the oldest existing African American fraternity) and the first African American known to…

Adah Isaacs Menken was an American actor and poet who performed in New York, San Francisco, London, and Paris and was widely known for her title role in the play…