People, Locations, Episodes

Today’s Stories

• Wilhemina Crosson, Educator, Writer, and Administrator born
• Saundra Oyewole, Microbiologist born
• The National Memorial For Peace And Justice Opens
• Colorism In Global Society, a story
• Gloster B. Current, Administrator born
• The African American Shakespeare Company is Founded
• Anton Armstrong, Choral Conductor born
• The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party is Formed
• Jesse Russell, Cell Phone Inventor born
• The Legacy Museum From Enslavement to Incarceration Opens
• The First Black African Plays In A Major League Baseball Game
• Marilyn Nelson Waniek, Poet, and Educator born
• John Audubon, Artist, and Slave-Owner born
• Charles Taylor, Liberian President is Found Guilty
• Cherry Muhanji, Poet, and Educator born
• John Bathan Vashon, Seaman, and Abolitionist born
• Johnny Shines, Blues Musician born
• The Ironing Board is Patented by a Black Woman
• Ma Rainey, Blues Singer born
• William L. Dawson, Politician born
• James P. Beckwourth, Explorer born