William Washington Brown founded the Order of True Reformers, an organization created to promote prosperity, self-sufficiency and African American businesses

Georgetown University's Healy Hall, named after Patrick Francis Healy, the first person of African descent to become president of a predominately white college, was declared a National Historic Landmark.

The musical, Dreamgirls made it's Broadway debut at the Imperial Theatre starring Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, and Jennifer Holliday

Join us in wishing Hall of Fame Track and Field star and Olympic Gold medalist Charles Austin the happiest of birthdays! Find out more about his life and career on today's podcast.

Filmmaker, cinematographer, and New York University Film School graduate Ernest Dickerson, won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing”

We celebrate the life and legacy of actor and Army veteran Moses Gunn, who passed away in 1993.

The Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, now known as the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church was formed in Jackson, TN by 41 former slaves.

We celebrate the life and legacy of Hall of Fame boxer Archibald Wright, aka Archie Moore, aka The Mongoose.

Dedicated to providing quality services to, and advocating on behalf of black journalists, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) was founded in Washington D.C.

The production "Black Nativity" written by author and poet Langston Hughes opens Off Broadway.