Black History Month

Black History Month

Actress, Comedian, and TV host Whoopi Goldberg is the first Black person to win the coveted EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar & Tony) Award.

Black History Month

How did Black people such as Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. impact the United States Space Program? Find out here....

Black History Month

Was the Lone Ranger Black? Was Bass Reeves the inspiration behind the iconic character, The Lone Ranger?

Black History Month

Black History Month started in 1926 as Negro History Week, established by a historian named Carter G. Woodson.

Black History Month

Here are five examples of prominent African Americans who are making Black history by continuously breaking barriers.

National

Ronald McNair, who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion in 1986, overcame the racism of the Jim Crow South to become the first HBCU graduate to be an astronaut and the second African American person in space.

Very little is ever spoken of the fact that a Memphis jury found the United States government guilty of conspiring to assassinate Dr. King on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968.

Holiday

The seven-day holiday tradition begins the day after Christmas.