Grambling State University defeats Prairie View A&M 27-7, giving Grambling coach Eddie Robinson 324 career victories in college football, breaking the legendary Paul “Bear” Bryant’s […]
Category: This Week in Black History
This Week in Black History October 2, 1967
Post to Features and This Week in Black History with photo BLACK 092823 U.S. Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall — whose legal work led to the […]
This Week in Black History September 23, 1950
Ralph Bunche, a Jefferson High School and UCLA graduate, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts as a United Nations mediator in the […]
This Week in Black History
September 17, 1983 Vanessa Williams becomes the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America. Williams was subjected to hate mail and death threats and, […]
This Week in Black History September 12, 1992
Post to Features and This week in Black History with photo BLACK 090723 Chicago physician Dr. Mae Jemison becomes the first African-American woman in space […]
This Week in Black History
Sept. 2, 1989 The Rev. Al Sharpton led a protest march in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, a week after four Black teenagers […]
This Week in Black History Aug, 24, 1950
Edith Sampson, a Chicago attorney is, appointed by President Harry Truman as an alternate delegate to the United Nations, the first African American to officially […]
This Week in Black History
August, 19, 1958 Clara Luper, an Oklahoma City school teacher and director of the local NAACP Youth Council, organized a sit-in protest with her high […]
This Week in Black History Aug. 10, 1981
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his two nonprofit organizations, People United to Save Humanity and the National Rainbow Coalition, launched a national boycott against organizations […]
This Week in Black History
Aug. 4, 1992 A federal grand jury indicts four Los Angeles police officers involved in the beating of Rodney King for violating King’s civil rights. […]