VIA: EncyclopediaOfChicago.Org Oscar DePriest was born in Florence, Alabama, to ex-slaves. He arrived in Chicago in 1889. DePriest worked as…
VIA: 9news.com Third-grader Amirikis Smith thought being mentioned in Obama’s speech was ‘amazing.’ “It lives on,” the president said, “in…
VIA: Answers.Com Identical twin brothers Albert and Allen Hughes became celebrities when they completed their first feature-length movie, Menace II…
July 2nd, 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. The signing of this act was the most…
On October 1, 1962 James Meredith became the first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. President…
Over the years there have been several African American sitcoms to grace to TV screen. Check out our gallery that…
VIA: FindArticles.Com For centuries African Americans have dominated the American music scene. Black music is in fact America’s original music,…
Twitter has taken the world by storm, and all of the hottest celebrities are using it. Check out our list…
Morgan Freeman has some very strong opinions on Black History month, and made them very clear in his interview with…
As we celebrate Black History Month, we will pay tribute to some outstanding african americans of our time. In this…
VIA: BIOGRAPHY.COM Inventor and manufacturer, born in Canada. His African-American parents had fled from Kentucky to escape slavery. He showed…
Anyone born in the 60’s and 70’s knows something about the Black Panther Party. On February 17th, 1968, their leader…
VIA: FINDARTICLES.COM We are celebrating the top 30 African Americans who have helped shape and mold society into what we…
https://vimeo.com/254782459 As the saying goes, you don’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you come from. And…
SIGN UP FOR THE FOXY NC NEWSLETTER
An Urban One Brand
Copyright © 2021 Interactive One, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by WordPress.com VIP
