This Week in Black History
March 20, 1948 Los Angeles actor James Baskett becomes the first Black man to receive an Academy Award when he…
March 20, 1948 Los Angeles actor James Baskett becomes the first Black man to receive an Academy Award when he…
Juanita Dockery Los Angeles “Yes, it is. “We as a culture should have the respect like everyone else has. …
January 29, 2009 President Barack Obama signs his first bill as president of the United States. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair…
January 10, 1957 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and 60 other Black activists organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a…
By Kayla Rodgers Contributing Writer BEVERLY HILLS — Legendary music producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Erica…
October 24, 1935 Langston Hughes’ play “Mulatto” opened in New York, becoming the first black-authored play to become a long-running…