November 2, 1983: On this day, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day officially became an American holiday...
Black History
November 1, 1901: On this date Grambling State University was founded. Grambling State University opened on November...
October 31, 1893: On this date William H. Lewis became the first Black person to be named...
October 30, 1979: On this day the first ever Black person was elected mayor of Birmingham, Alabama....
I was hesitant to write this without confirmation. I didn’t want it to be true… I was...
