"If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated."
Think black golf player, think Tiger Woods. Eldrick Tont Woods, popularly called Tiger Woods, has cemented his name in both black history and African-American history. Born on the 30th of…
Jack Roosevelt ‘Jackie’ Robinson is a name that will always be remembered in Black History. A name that belonged to a man who first broke the color barrier in Major…
Joe Louis is popularly known as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time. On May 13, 1914, Louis was born in Lafayette, Alabama, to sharecropper parents…
Phillis Wheatley is one of the stars that shine bright in the big story of Black History. Like a beautiful poem, her life reveals how strong we can be and…
Elijah McCoy, a notable name in Black History, was a Canadian-American inventor born in Colchester, Ontario, Canada, on May 2, 1844, to George and Mildred McCoy, who had fled slavery…
Garrett Augustus Morgan is a prominent part of Black History. On March 4, 1877, Garrett Morgan was born in Paris, Kentucky, to formerly enslaved persons and farmers Sydney and Elizabeth Morgan.…
Daniel Hale Williams is an individual who made significant touches that changed the world of medicine and the fight for human rights. He opened the first non-segregated hospital in the…
Jack Arthur Johnson, also known as the Galveston Giant, is one of the most influential boxers in black history Johnson was a native of Galveston, Texas, born to Henry and…
Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. is an African American tennis player, journalist, activist, educator, and an unforgettable part of black history. He was born on July 10, 1943, to Arthur Sr.…
Many African Americans have contributed immensely with their achievements to building a robust Black History. One of these is Benjamin O. Davis- The first African American to earn the rank…