Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. was born April 2, 1939, He was a singer-songwriter-producer who helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960, earning him the nickname "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul". Gaye’s father was a preacher; his mother w…
For over a century, African American filmmakers have sought to be represented in the film industry. As Hollywood developed in the early 1900s, Black directors sought to challenge the stereotypes that were pervasive in the industry. One of the most…
On March 28, 1958, a 22-year-old Black man named Jeremiah Reeves was executed by the state of Alabama after being convicted of the SA of a white woman. This is the Legal Lynching of Jeremiah Reeves In July 1951, Jeremiah, who was a 1…
On March 25, 1931, nine Black teenagers riding a freight train through Alabama and were arrested after being falsely accused of raping two white women. Consequently, the National Guard was called in to protect the youngsters from poten…
Kwame Ture was born June 29, 1941 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, He was a civil rights activist, leader of Black nationalism in the United States in the 1960s and originator of the slogan, “Black power.” Stokely Carmichael immigrated to Ne…
April 15th 1889, Asa Philip Randolph was born. He was civil rights activist. who founded the first Black labor union, helped organized to end segregation in defense industries and the U.S. armed forces. Randolph was instrumental in organizing of t…
Josephine Baker died 12 April, 1975. She was a American-born French entertainer, French Resistance agent, and civil rights activist. Baker became wildly popular during the 1920s and her career symbolized the beauty and vitality of Black American's…
March 10 1913, Harriett Tubman passed away. Harriet Tubman was an escaped enslaved woman who became a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, she was also a nurse, and Union spy. Harriett Tubman is one of the most recognizable Black w…
On March 6, 1857, in Dred Scott v. Sandford, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Black people were not American citizens and could not sue in courts of law. The Court ruled against Dred Scott, an enslaved Black man who tried to sue for his freedom…
March 3, 1968, The FBI sent a memorandum to their field offices with a set goals for a their counterintelligence program "COINTELPRO" against African American Nationalist groups. The goal was to block attempts to coalesce, grow and ex…