A trailblazer of civil rights history, Dr. Benjamin Hooks left a remarkable legacy as the first African-American judge in the South since Reconstruction, the first black appointed to the board of the FCC, and the former executive director of the NAACP. The former Reverend of Greater Memphis Baptist Church and Greater New Mt. Moriah Missionary […]
On display at the convention for the United Federation of Doll Clubs this year are African-American dolls that were made between 1850-1870. Twelve hundred collectors gathered in New Orleans to view the most unique doll collections in the world, including those belonging to former slaves. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/news/little-known-black-history-fact/little-known-black-history-fact-oldest-black-dolls
Ninety-year old former athlete, Herb Douglas, is the oldest living African-American olympic medalist. Douglas was part of the 1948 London Olympic Games during the Truman Administration. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/news/little-known-black-history-fact/little-known-black-history-fact-herb-douglas
African-American author Natasha Tretheway has been named Poet Laureate of the United States. The Pulitzer-Prize winner and Professor at Emory University is the first black to hold the honor since 1993. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/news/little-known-black-history-fact/little-known-black-history-fact-natasha-tretheway
Commander Wesley Brown became the first black Naval Academy graduate on June 3, 1949. Brown, who served in WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, was admitted to the Naval Academy with five other black candidates in 1945. The Howard University Graduate attended Annapolis alongside President Jimmy Carter, who was his friend and colleague […]
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
Model and designer Madame Emma Ophelia Devore, the first mixed-race supermodel in America, helped to establish The Grace Del Marco Agency, the first modeling agency for women of color in the United States. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/23595
