Movie lovers will have an opportunity to tour a walking exhibit chronicling the history of Black film now on display in Leimert Park.  ... read more »

October 14: Martin Luther King Jr. received a Nobel Peace Prize, 1964 ... read more »

October 10: Grammy award winning singer, actress and dancer Mya Marie Harrison was born, 1979 ... read more »

October 9: Death of mathematician Benjamin Banneker (74), in Ellicott's Mills, Maryland. ... read more »

October 8: Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.” ... read more »

October 6: Activist, Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi. Hamer was a civil rights activist who helped African Americans register to vote and co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in 1964. ... read more »

October 5: Yvonne Brathwaite Burke was the first Black Congresswoman from California. Born in Los Angeles, Burke discovered a lot of feats, in 1966, she became the first African American woman elected to the California assembly. ... read more »

October 3: Alfred Sharpton Born in Brooklyn, New York, 1954 ... read more »

October 1: Eva Jessye was a pioneer in the world of African American music and is recognized as the first black woman to receive international distinction as a choral director. ... read more »

September 30: Federal Marshalls escort James Meredith to the University of Mississippi campus, 1962 Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at Black365.com Interested in Latinx History? ... read more »

September 29: The civil rights organization, the National Urban League, was founded in New York City, 1901 ... read more »

September 28: Venus and Serena Williams won the Women's doubles tennis Olympic Gold Medal in Sidney, Australia, 2000 ... read more »

September 27: Hiram Revels, the first African American Senator, was born in Fayetteville, NC, 1822 ... read more »

September 26: The first public statue in Philadelphia to honor a specific African American was dedicated to Octavius Catto, 2017 ... read more »

September 25: Willard Carroll Smith Jr., aka Will Smith, was born in Philadelphia, PA, 1968 ... read more »