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The storied professional boxing career of the great Muhammad Ali (pictured) began on this day in 1960. Then — under…
Astronomer and almanac author Benjamin Banneker (pictured), who was largely self-educated, rose in prominence in the 18th century via his…
President Abraham Lincoln‘s (pictured left) historic issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862 began the long and arduous process…
The early 1960s proved to be a turbulent time for African Americans due to the racist policies that limited their…
Considered one of the greatest comics of his era, Redd Foxx (pictured) and his death at the age of 68…
Horace King was an Alabama slave and architect who built the biggest American bridges in the mid 1800’s. His work…
The Black Boy Inn is a hotel located in Caernarfon, which is in the Royal Borough of North Wales in…
David Walker was a little known black activist who wrote an article called “Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the…
James Hill was the first black vice president of University of Texas at Austin. The 84 year-old recently died of…
The New Orleans songwriter responsible for the song “Jock-A-Mo,” Mr. James Crawford, has passed away. The R&B singer, who was…
Olympian Gabby Douglas just became the first African-American woman to win an all-around gold medal in gymnastics. Congrats to Gabby!…
One benefit of the 5.9 earthquake that hit the East Coast Tuesday was that schoolchildren in Washington, D.C. got a…
The Golden 13 were the 13 African-American enlisted men who became the first black commissioned officers in the United States…
http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/25040 Last year, British archeologists analyzed the remains of an African woman said to be of high status in the…
http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/24996 Thelma Johnson Streat was a black female artist who left a rich cultural legacy in both art and dance.…
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