In 1968, Ellen Holly became the first African-American actress to integrate a daytime television soap opera. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/37309ellen holly,
Malcolm Burnley, a 22-year old student at Brown University, recently stumbled upon a civil rights artifact lost in time. Burnley discovered the recording of a speech made by civil rights leader Malcolm X. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/37196
In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a ruling that changed the law regarding interracial marriage in the United States. In Loving vs. Virginia, Mildred Jeter, a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, left Virginia to marry in Washington D.C., where interracial marriage was legal. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/37113
In March 1966, Donyale Luna became the first black model to grace the cover of British Vogue. Supermodel Beverly Johnson holds the history of being the first black woman on the U.S. edition of Vogue, but that was eight years after Luna’s photos were published. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/36816
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and six-time Grammy Award winner Etta James, also known as Miss Peaches, was said to be one of the first and strongest crossover artists to link R&B to rock and roll – and make it a success. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/36454
Emmett Ashford was the first black umpire in Major League Baseball. He served in the league from 1966 to 1970. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/36129
Stanley Robertson was the first black president for NBC and any major network in the country. Robertson, who was also a former associate editor for Ebony magazine, passed away Nov. 16th in his Bel-Air, California home. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/35221
In the month of December, the people of the Netherlands and Belgium look forward to the appearances of SinterKlaas, the “pre-Santa” before Christmas, and his sidekick elf, Zwarte Piet, also known as Black Peter. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/35096
Charles “Teenie” Harris was the lead photographer for the influential Pittsburgh Courier newspaper who captured over 80,000 images of the nation’s black leaders and events in history. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/34874
In 2010, Iman Kerigo became the first woman of African descent to be crowned Miss Norway. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/34149
Last week marked the anniversary of the most powerful gathering of African-American women in history: The Million Woman March. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/34103
The year 1965 was a dream come true for Mary Alexander of Ocala, Florida. She was a junior at Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia when her dorm mother insisted that she go to a local audition for a Coca-Cola promotion on campus. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/33857
