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…
In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a ruling that changed the law regarding interracial marriage in the United States.…
In March 1966, Donyale Luna became the first black model to grace the cover of British Vogue. Supermodel Beverly Johnson…
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and six-time Grammy Award winner Etta James, also known as Miss Peaches, was said…
Emmett Ashford was the first black umpire in Major League Baseball. He served in the league from 1966 to 1970.…
Stanley Robertson was the first black president for NBC and any major network in the country. Robertson, who was also…
In the month of December, the people of the Netherlands and Belgium look forward to the appearances of SinterKlaas, the…
Charles “Teenie” Harris was the lead photographer for the influential Pittsburgh Courier newspaper who captured over 80,000 images of the…
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…
A woman named Nellie Conley, a.k.a. Madame Sul-Te-Wan, became the first black actress contracted to appear in D.W. Griffith’s controversial…
Dr. Helen Octavia Dickens was the first African-American woman to be admitted to the American College of Surgeons. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/33605
For 70 years, the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth fought for civil rights with his body, mind and soul. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/33182
Chicago native Jennifer Jackson became the first black Playboy Playmate in 1965 when she was 19 years old. The 5-foot-8…
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