Los Angeles actress-activist Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win a coveted Academy Award when she captures Best Supporting Actress honors for her […]
Category: This Week in Black History
This Week in Black History, Feb. 21, 1965
Malcolm X, an African-American Muslin minister and human rights activist who led the Nation of Islam, was shot to death by three assassins while giving […]
This Week in Black History, Feb. 13, 1920
Led by Rube Foster, owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants, the Negro National League was established by a coalition of team owners at a […]
This Week in Black History, Feb. 8, 1986
Stanford student Debi Thomas becomes the first Black skater to win the women’s singles of the U.S. National Figure Skating Championship. In 1988, she captured […]
This Week in Black History, Jan. 31, 1988
Doug Williams, the first black quarterback to start in an NFL championship game, is named MVP of Super Bowl XXII in San Diego after leading […]
This Week in Black History Jan. 23, 1977
Alex Haley’s award-winning narrative “Roots” is adapted for television in a landmark mini-series that would explore Black people’s forced journey from Africa to the Americas. […]
This Week in Black History Jan. 19, 1969
Nobel Peace Prize winner Ralph M. Bunche is honored by UCLA, which places his name on the 1964 Social Science Building, the tallest building […]
This Week in Black History January 10, 1957
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and 60 other Black activists organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a direct action organization aimed at gaining equal […]
This Week in Black History Jan. 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 Los Angeles County […]
This Week in Black History, December 26, 1966
Black historian Maulana Ron Karenga introduces Kwanzaa, a non-religious holiday designed to celebrate African and African-American culture. The holiday honors seven core principles of African […]