Today we remember pioneering entrepreneur Bill Powell whose Clearview Golf Club was the first integrated golf course and the first to cater to African American golfers.

Today we celebrate Tom Colbert, the first African American to serve on the Oklahoma Supreme Court, on his 71st birthday!

Today we remember the life and achievements of physician Henry McKee Minton, co-founder of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, the oldest African American greek letter fraternal organization

#OTD Harriet Tubman returned to Auburn, NY after completing her final rescue mission

Today we wish a happy heavenly birthday to NASA astronaut Michael Anderson who tragically lost his life aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia

#OTD The Grand United Order of True Reformers, an African American fraternal organization, was formed in Richmond Virginia

Today we shine a spotlight on the wealthiest African American woman of her time, Madam C. J. Walker

Today we celebrate art historian James A. Porter

#OTD Duke Ellington was awarded a Spingarn Medal, the NAACP's highest honor

#OTD Cinematographer Ernest Dickerson won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Spike Lee's film "Do The Right Thing"