Black History

Google scored some major cool points today for featuring the legendary civil rights leader, Dorothy Height as their doodle. Today, March 24, 2014 would have…

Inventor Jan Matzeliger (pictured) placed his name in the history books by inventing and patenting the shoe lasting machine in the late 1800s. Matzeliger filed…

Black History Month may be over, but that doesn’t mean we have to stop celebrating and being proud of our heritage. Take it from the…

Benjamin Banneker, the largely self-taught mathematician, astronomer, and author, has remained as one of Black History’s most-discussed figures. On this day in 1791, it was…

First Lt. Dina Elosiebo took the motivational phrase, “reach for the stars,” to all new heights this month after making military history. After completing Initial Entry…

Google Doodles have become the new honorary postage stamps. Launched in 2001, the illustrations and animations that replace the Google logo to celebrate national holidays…

As Black History Month draws to a close this week, so might another national figure of the African American legacy. The Charles H. Wright Museum, the…

I’ve spent my entire career as a civil rights activist and anti-violence advocate. I hear from folks all over the country about how fed-up they…

Mass Mutual and NewsOne join together to present 28 dynamic people that make up the diverse tapestry of Black History. For the entire month of…

Hip-Hop pioneer MC Lyte understands the responsibility of being a legend. She kicked open the door for women in Hip-Hop when the genre was still…

Skip to 15:58 mark Last night on “Jeopardy” (College Edition), one of the categories was “African-American History” and none of the three students picked said…

Ice skating is my absolute favorite Olympic sport to watch, and I remember like it was yesterday being a six-year-old watching Debi Thomas do her…