January 11, 1971 Mary Jane Blige, singer, record producer and “Queen of Hip Hop Soul,”…

January 12, 1920 James L. Farmer, Jr., civil rights activist, was born in Marshall, Texas.…

January 13, 1970 Shonda Rhimes, screenwriter, director, and producer, was born in Chicago, Illinois. Rhimes…

January 14, 1972 The television situation comedy “Sanford and Son” debuted on NBC. The show…

January 15, 1891 Bridget “Biddy” Mason, nurse, real estate entrepreneur, and philanthropist, died. Mason was…

January 16, 1865 Union General William T. Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15 which…

January 17, 1759 Paul Cuffee, businessman and abolitionist, was born on Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts. At…

January 18, 1975 “The Jeffersons,” the longest running television series with a predominantly African American…

January 19, 1931 Carl Maxie Brashear, the first African American to become a United States…

January 20, 2009 Barrack Hussein Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United…