Thomas Mundy Peterson of Perth Amboy, New Jersey cast the first vote by an African…

Southern University and A&M College was chartered by the Louisiana General Assembly “for the education…

Elizabeth Catlett (April 15, 1915] – April 2, 2012) was an African-American graphic artist and…

April 3, 1944 The Supreme Court of the United States in Smith v. Allwright overturned…

Muddy Waters, blues musician and “the Father of Chicago Blues,” was born McKinley Morganfield in…

Charles W. Follis, a.k.a. “The Black Cyclone,” (February 3, 1879 – April 5, 1910) was…

James Pierson Beckwourth, mountain man, fur trader, and explorer, was born enslaved in Frederick County,…

Allen Allensworth, minister, educator, and town founder, was born enslaved in Louisville, Kentucky. Allensworth escaped…

Kofi Atta Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations, was born in Kumasi, Gold…

Mary Winston Jackson (April 9, 1921 – February 11, 2005) was an African American mathematician…