With this timeline, we hope to highlight significant occasions and figures that helped shape the history of African Americans during this critical time. These...
(December 1, 1940- April 9, 2011)
Photo credits: The Estate of Jerry Lawson (Jerry Lawson)
Before Xbox, PlayStation, or even Atari, you had to buy a...
Matthew Alexander Henson was born on August 8, 1866, in Charles County, Maryland, U.S. He was an African American explorer.
"My thoughts were on the...
Alexander Lucius Twilight was the first Black-American known to have earned a bachelor's degree from an American college or university. He was also the...