150 armed, masked men took two black men -- Bowman Cook and John Morine -- from a county jail against their will and without any resistance from law enforcement, on Sept. 8, 1919. The mob took the two...
Darvin Nelson, General Assignment Reporter
• Feb 14, 2020
In 2018, Vogue released their famous September fashion issue featuring famous R&B singer, Beyonce Knowles, photographed by 23 year-old Tyler Mitchell; making him the the first black photographer...
Afrocentric hairstyles have long been stigmatized in American culture. Locs have been prohibited from many a workplace with afros and cornrows being viewed as “unprofessional”.
There has been...
For many of us, Black History Month was the normal February routine: our elementary school would bring out pictures of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. and explain to us the exceptional impact their...
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Tommie Smith
Gaining recognition for his multiple records in the 1960s for the San Jose State University track-and-field team, Thomas “Tommie” C. Smith won the 200-meter gold medal at the...
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In honor of Black History Month, the Black Student Union created a music video to bring unity and “Glory”...
Born to a single mother in Harlem, New York, James Baldwin developed a passion for reading and writing during his school years. When at DeWitt Clinton High School, Baldwin worked for the...
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”
A woman of many talents and best known for her 1969 memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou is...
As the first African-American female astronaut, Mae C. Jemison made history twice when she also became the first African-American woman to go to space. Not only was she an astronaut, but she was also...
Known as the “Father of Black History,” Carter G. Woodson was a popular and influential writer and historian who lobbied to establish Black History Month. Widely known for his influential book...
Hattie McDaniel was affluent in the rising media world. She was awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was the first African American to win an Oscar and perform on the radio.
McDaniel...
