Black History Everyday

Mary Church Terrell was the 1st national president and founder of the National Association of Colored Women in 1896 and was also a founding…

Gloria Richardson Dandridge was the black female leader of the Cambridge movement, a civil rights struggle in Cambridge, Maryland in the early 1960s.

Sonia Sanchez gained a reputation as an important voice in the Black Arts movement after publishing the book of poems Home Coming in 1969, using experimental…

Sgt. William H. Carney was the 1st black Congressional Medal of Honor winner, 1900.

David Harold Blackwell was the 1st black member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1965.