Some University of Southern Mississippi students are working on a project to document the story of a Black man who was barred from attending the university in the 1950s.
December 6: First Black Internationally Known Opera Singer Dies, 1967
December 5: Mary McLeod Bethune created the National Council of Negro Women, 1935
The Ohio sheriff’s deputy who shot Casey Goodson Jr. in the back five times was charged with murder Thursday, as Goodson’s family also filed a federal civil rights lawsuit and the now-retired deputy publicly shared details of what happened from his perspective for the first time.
A South Florida law school on Thursday announced the creation of a social justice center named after Ben Crump, the Black civil rights attorney who has gained national prominence representing victims of police brutality and vigilante violence.
Annie (Celina Smith) sings the classic “Tomorrow” during Annie Live!
Josephine Baker becomes first Black woman to enter France’s Panthéon • FRANCE 24 English
December 4: Tyra Banks was Born
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
A Georgia jury made up of nine White women, two White men and one Black man, deliberated for just about 11 hours, returning a verdict of guilty on Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael, and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr., three White men found guilty of killing Ahmaud Arbery by a jury of their peers.
Our waiting for and finally hearing the verdict in the trial of the three murderers of Ahmaud Arbery, like that with George Floyd, compelled us to ride a roller coaster of mixed emotions, from relief and rejoicing to reflection and recommitment, and always, whether evident or just below the surface, a righteous anger and sadness at the evil and injustice committed.
December 1: Founder of the NAACP, Arthur Spingarn was born, 1878