Category: This Week in Black History

Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus and give her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. […]

Andrew Jackson Beard, an African American farmer and inventor, was issued a patent for the automatic railroad car coupler. Born a slave, Beard was inducted […]

The film “Malcolm X,” directed by Spike Lee (pictured) and starring Denzel Washington and Angela Bassett, is released in the United States. The film about […]

Donna Summer’s “MacArthur Park” reaches the top of the Billboard Hot 100, making it her first number one pop hit. Written by Jimmy Webb, the songwriter […]

Augustus Freeman Hawkins of Los Angeles is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first Black member of Congress from west of the […]

October 30, 1979 Richard Arrington Jr. was elected as the first African-American mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.  He served 20 years from 1979-1999, working to overcome […]

Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, is named chief executive and chairman of the Martin Luther […]

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 […]