On this day in Black history February 27:– In 1872 Charlotte E. Ray graduated from Howard University Law School maki…
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On this day in Black history: Congress passes 15th amendment, Cassius Clay becomes Muhammad Ali and more
On this day in Black history February 26:– In 1869 Congress passed the 15th amendment which granted Africa…
On this day in Black history: First Black Marine Corps. general, ‘The Slim Shady LP’ and more
On this day in Black history February 23:– In 1979 Frank E. Petersen Jr. of Topeka Kansas was named the first Black…
Questlove to release hip-hop-based book, ‘Hip-Hop Is History’
Sonja Flemming/CBS Hip-hop is many things to Questlove so he decided to write a book about it. Revealing the news to Pe…
On this day in Black history: St. Lucia gains independence, first rap Grammy Award and more
On this day in Black history February 22:– In 1911 activist writer and speaker Frances Ellen Watkins Harper al…
On this day in Black history: Malcolm X assassination, electric resistor patent and more
On this day in Black history February 21:– In 1961 inventor Otis Boykin patented the electric resistor which en…