February 16, 1970 Joe Frazier knocked out Jimmy Ellis in the second round of their fight at Madison Square Garden to become the world heavyweight […]
Category: This Week in Black History
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 for Black Americans. As […]
This Week in Black History
February 3, 1989 Former St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Bill White is named president of the National League, becoming the first African American to lead […]
This Week in Black History
January 29, 2009 President Barack Obama signs his first bill as president of the United States. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 revised […]
This Week in Black History
January 19, 1969 Jefferson High School and UCLA graduate Ralph Bunche, the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for his efforts to establish […]
This Week in Black History
January 14, 1972 “Sanford and Son” debuts as a TV sitcom set in Watts, starring Redd Foxx and featuring mostly Black actors, the first since […]
This Week in Black History
January 10, 1957 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and 60 other Black activists organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a direct action organization aimed at […]
This Week in Black History
January 3, 1973 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is sworn-in to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming California’s first African-American congresswoman. She later is appointed to the […]
This Week in Black History
December 25, 1760 Jupiter Hammon became the first African-American published writer when a poem he wrote, “An Evening Thought,” appeared in print on this day. […]
This Week in Black History
December 18, 2002 A group led by Robert L. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, was awarded the NBA’s new Charlotte expansion franchise, making Johnson […]