Vice President Kamala Harris became the first woman, and woman of color, to be sworn into the office of Vice President of the United States.
From 1810 to 1850, around 10,000 enslaved people escaped to the North via the Underground Railroad.
In January 2021, Reverend Raphael Warnock, 51, became Georgia’s first Black senator.
Today marks the celebration of Black Love Day!
Happy Birthday to the The NAACP!
Marsha “Pay It No Mind” Johnson was a leader of the gay liberation movement.
A Self-Made Millionaire: Born on a plantation in Louisiana, Madam CJ Walker gained her success from inventing a line of hair care products for African Americans.
Abolitionist and Scholar, William Wells Brown’s first novel, “Clotel”, otherwise known as “The President’s Daughter”, was the first novel to be published by an African American in 1853.
As of 2019, the largest group of black people in the United States are men between the ages of 10 and 14.
12-year-old Grace Moore is the youngest composer to ever write music for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Quil Lemons, 23, is the youngest photographer to ever shoot a “Vanity Fair” cover.
Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives in 1968.
In August 1831, Nathaniel “Nat” Turner began a slave rebellion, striking fear into white Southerners.
BET+ and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) have come together to release a new series, “The Porter”, which highlights the creation of a Black worker’s union in the roaring twenties. Inspired by real life events, The Porter follows a group of about five characters who hustle, move mountains, and stop at nothing to make their dreams come true and fight for the much-deserved liberation of themselves and their people.
Black Woman on the Rise: Actress, Nafessa Williams, plays first lesbian super hero on the CW show, “Black Lightning”.