This Week in Black History
Feb. 12, 1909 Educator W.E.B. DuBois is one of 60-plus activists who form the NAACP to fight for racial equality…
Feb. 12, 1909 Educator W.E.B. DuBois is one of 60-plus activists who form the NAACP to fight for racial equality…
February 8, 1986 Medical student Debi Thomas becomes the first black skater to win the women’s singles of the U.S….
January 31, 1988 Doug Williams, the first Black quarterback to start in a NFL championship game, is named MVP of…
Jan. 23, 1977 Alex Haley’s award-winning narrative “Roots” is adapted for television in a landmark mini-series that would explore black…
January 10, 1957 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and 60 other black activists organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a…
January 3, 1973 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming California’s first African-American congresswoman….
December 26, 1966 Black historian Maulana Ron Karenga introduces Kwanzaa, a non-religious holiday designed to celebrate African and African-American culture….
December 18, 2002 A group led by Robert L. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, was awarded the NBA’s new…
December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus and give her…
November 16, 1901 Black education pioneer Booker T. Washington and his wife are invited to dinner at the White House…