The Remix featuring RUN DMC's Instrumental- Christmas in Hollis, Queens.
Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, distinguished Black author, editor, publisher, and historian.
American singer-songwriter and pianist Known worldwide as “The Queen of Soul” began as gospel singer and over her lifetime performed soul, rock, jazz, and classical music among many other genres. She supported the Civil Rights movement spiritually and financially behind the scenes throughout her career.
American Politician first Black Woman on the US Senate.
Educator; Mentor; Community Activist shares his personal and professional life with Scholars of College Achieve Public ?Charter) School in Paterson,New Jersey.
John Stanard, also referred to as John Standard, received two patents for his kitchen innovations, the oil stove and an improvement to the refrigerator. His oil stove had attachments for different methods of cooking, including chambers for broiling and baking, and a platform for frying and boiling.
John Stanard Known For: Black American inventor who patented improvements to the refrigerator and the oil stove.
On August 5, 2023, a large-scale altercation took place at the riverfront dock in downtown Montgomery, Alabama. The incident gained significant media attention due to its violent nature, the racial undertones, and Montgomery's racially charged history.
Bob Ryland American tennis player and coach. The first African-American to play professional tennis. Ryland coached some of the world's top-ranked professionals, including; Harold Solomon, Renee Blount, Leslie Allen, Arthur Ashe, Bruce Foxworth, Venus Williams and Serena Williams.
Althea Neale Gibson subject BornAugust 25, 1927 Clarendon County, South Carolina, Died September 28, 2003(aged 76) East Orange, New Jersey, U.S. American tennis player, professional golfer, athlete, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis.
Carol Moseley-Braun was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, the first African-American U.S. Senator from the Democratic Party, the first woman to defeat an incumbent U.S. Senator in the primaries for the nomination by a major party, and the first female U.S. Senator from Illinois.
On March 5, 1959, twenty-one African American boys burned to death inside a dormitory at an Arkansas reform school in Wrightsville (Pulaski County). The doors were locked from the outside. The fire mysteriously ignited around 4:00 a.m. on a cold, wet morning, following earlier thunderstorms in the same area of…
Two Kenyan inventors have created the world’s first bio-robotic arm operated by brain signals, Face 2 Face Africa reports. David Gathu and Moses Kinyua are inventors from Kenya. While both of them dropped out of college due to financial constraints, it has not stopped them from learning or inventing.
Kirk Franklin, American songwriter, choir director, gospel singer, musician, panelist, producer, author, activist, and rapper. He led various gospel, urban contemporary groups, such as “The Family” and “God’s Property”and artists in the Christian R & B, which included Whitney Houston and the Georgia Mass Choir. The movement from 1992 to…
In Memoriam of the celebrated, beloved by her community and state, the no nonsense politician, the late, great Lt. Governor of NJ, Sheila Yvette Oliver of Newark,NJ.
Rakim whose birth name is: William Michael Griffin Jr. Born: January 28, 1968 (age 55 years), Wyandanch, NY Part of duo from 1986-1993, Eric B & Rakim..,Eric B. (Disc jockey)& Rakim (MC) were almost universally recognized as the premier DJ/MC team in all of hip-hop." They led rap music during…
MC Lyte born, Lana Michelle Moorer is an American rapper, disc jockey, radio personality, entrepreneur, and actress. Considered one of the pioneers of female rap.
On June 17, 2015, an anti-black mass shooting occurred in Charleston, South Carolina, in which nine African Americans were killed and a tenth was injured during a Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Among the fatalities was the senior pastor, state senator Clementa C. Pinckney.
In 1951, Henrietta Lacks made one of the greatest medical contributions after her cells were taken from a cervical-cancer biopsy. “HeLa” cells became the first immortal human cell line to reproduce infinitely in a lab. Her cells are so unique it has been used as artwork in museums.
