With grit, tenacity, passion, and $1.50, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune built Bethune-Cookman University. This sacred campus has transformed countless lives. Her story and legacy live on and through our work every day.
Every December 26th, the holiday of Kwanzaa begins. Kwanzaa is rooted in African celebrations of harvest, but its formal origin is surprisingly recent.
December 3: The first Black ‘Miss World’ was Jennifer Josephine Hosten, 1970
December 2: Granville T. Woods patented an improved telephone transmitter, 1884
December 1: Founder of the NAACP, Arthur Spingarn was born, 1878
November 30: Shirley Chisholm, one time U.S. presidential candidate, was born in Brooklyn, NY, 1924
A Minneapolis bank that was badly damaged during protests over the death of George Floyd is giving the property to a nonprofit developer to build affordable housing, commercial space and a home for cultural organizations.
The video of Ahmaud Arbery’s shotgun death was a shocking piece of evidence that suddenly brought the Black man’s killing into the national consciousness.
Strolling his church’s rooftop among 630 solar panels, Bishop Richard Howell Jr. acknowledged climate change isn’t the most pressing concern for his predominantly Black congregation _ even though it disproportionately harms people of color and the poor.
After a hiatus in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Hollywood Christmas Parade returned tonight, moving through the streets of Tinseltown with its 89th edition to mark the unofficial start to the holiday season — though one still being celebrated in the shadow of COVID-19.
Ahmaud Arbery’s mother woke up Thursday with a new, very important blessing on Thanksgiving Day.
France is inducting Josephine Baker _ Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy and civil rights activist _ into its Pantheon, the first Black woman honored in the final resting place of France’s most revered luminaries.
November 29: Chadwick Boseman known for his portrayals of real life historical figures was born in Anderson, SC, 1977
November 28: Record executive, songwriter, and film producer Berry Gordy Jr. was born in Detroit, MI, 1929
November 27: Author Charles Johnson was awarded the National Book Award for his book “Middle Passage,” 1990