Meet Dr. Daniel Hale Williams: Black Doctor Who Performed The First (Successful) Open-Heart Surgery

Nelson Mandela was released from prison on Feb. 11, 1990, after he and other African National Congress leaders were sentenced…

Learn how and why the first Black Barbie doll was created

The origin story of Tituba, the Salem Witch Trials & the African connection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeUk5OFBciY Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson is a superwoman of science. The first African-American woman to earn a doctorate at the…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3EY8QqjrRc Throughout the years many influential African Americans have been awarded for their amazing accolades. Recognized for their immaculate talent…

https://youtu.be/yM-KodrZwWQ   On November 22nd, 1942 a man by the name of Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. was born. Little did…

Was the Lone Ranger Black? Was Bass Reeves the inspiration behind the iconic character, The Lone Ranger?

https://youtu.be/4w6OmHwwAcM Black Girl Magic was started by CaShawn Thompson in 2013 as a way to “celebrate beauty, power, and resilience…

Learn about the history of the famed Fisk Jubilee Singers

Each year to celebrate Black History Month the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) chooses…

Black History Month started in 1926 as Negro History Week, established by a historian named Carter G. Woodson.

Here are five examples of prominent African Americans who are making Black history by continuously breaking barriers.

James Baldwin shares words of wisdom and intellect in a series of interviews.