Category: History

Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Linda Martell, the first black female solo country artist to play the Grand Ole Opry, was…

Mount Nebo Missionary Baptist Church, located at 257 Carver Avenue in Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi, was a unique institution that not only served the needs of its parishioners but was…

Howard Nathaniel Lee made history in 1969 as the first African American to be elected mayor of any majority-white city in the South. Lee was born on July 28, 1934,…

Jazz singer Betty Carter was born Lillie Mae Jones on May 16, 1929, in Flint, Michigan, to James Jones, a church musical director, and Bessie Jones, an active member of…

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…