1869: Congress adopted the 15th Amendment, making it illegal for the US to deny the right to vote based on…

1928: Singer “Fats” Domino was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of…

1864: After graduating from New England Female Medical College, Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes the first black woman to receive an…

1965: Constance Baker Motley is elected Manhattan Borough president, the highest elective office held by a Black woman in a…

1989: DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince win the first Rap Grammy for the hit single “Parents Just Don’t…

On February 21, 1965, former Nation of Islam leader and influential Black Civil Rights activist Malcolm X was assassinated in…

1940: Soul singer William “Smokey” Robinson born in Detroit, Michigan. Smokey was an original member of Motown’s first vocal group,…

On this day, Toni Morrison was born in Lorain, Ohio in 1931. She went on to win the Pulitzer Prize…

1970: Joe Frazier knocked out Jimmy Ellis in the second round of their New York fight and became the world…

1964: Louis Armstrong’s “Hello Dolly” recording becomes his first and only number one record.

1946: Tony Award and Emmy Award winning entertainer and dancer Gregory Hines is born in New York City.

1923: The 1st Black professional basketball team “The Renaissance” is formed. They were collectively inducted into the NBA Hall of…