Today marks the celebration of Black Love Day! ... read more »

Happy Birthday to the The NAACP! ... read more »

Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson was a leader of the gay liberation movement. ... read more »

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. ... read more »

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.  ... read more »

As of 2019, the largest group of black people in the United States are men between the ages of 10 and 14.  ... read more »

12-year-old Grace Moore is the youngest composer to ever write music for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.  ... read more »

Quil Lemons, 23, is the youngest photographer to ever shoot a “Vanity Fair” cover. ... read more »

Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives in 1968. ... read more »

In August 1831, Nathaniel "Nat" Turner began a slave rebellion, striking fear into white Southerners. ... read more »

Black Woman on the Rise: Actress, Nafessa Williams, plays first lesbian super hero on the CW show, “Black Lightning”. ... read more »

Black History Month started as “National Negro Week”, created in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson. ... read more »

December 13: Baseball Hero Larry Doby was born, ... read more »

December 12: Kenya claimed their independence, 1963 ... read more »

December 11: Raven-Symoné is born ... read more »