This Black History Month is the perfect time to brush up on social justice terms, as the fight for criminal justice reform is still in full swing.
Colin Kaepernick is a polarizing figure to some; but to others, he’s a hero.
Radio One is celebrating black history by saluting Future History Makers, people giving back to our community today to shape our tomorrow. This week we salute….Lady Doniella Ligon, founder of Women in Need Ministries. In 2019 the organization donated hundreds of self-care products and undergarments to women in various shelters across the city of Cleveland. […]
Black folks have a legacy of being great when it comes to sports and entertainment. But for some reason, we never hear much about African Americans contributions when it comes to inventions that changed the world. But all that is changing: 3-D Glasses Kenneth J. Dunkley is known for inventing Three Dimensional Viewing Glasses (3-DVG) […]
This Day In Black History: February 5th- President Obama Becomes President Of The Harvard Law Review
On this day February 5th 1990 Barack Obama becomes the President Of The Harvard Law Review, making him the first African American to hold the position. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FACTS > Black Facts
Source: JRP/WENN / WENN via kiyonnathewriter , Associate Editor/globalgrind: Just like any other holiday, folks do whatever they can to stay in February to get into the Black History month spirit. Black people are Black all day, everyday but even we need a shift sometimes from the traditional Black History Month celebration — like highlighting the same three […]
Here are five modern-day voting rights heroes everyone should know.
Ever since we started learning about Black History in elementary school, Rosa Parks was one of the central figures of the lesson. The legendary Civil Rights activist is best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott and is one of the first Black women in history to give a White Man the […]
As we celebrate traditional figures like Martin Luther King, Harriet Tubman and Malcolm X — let’s not forget the lesser known people who’ve also had an impact on African American culture today. This year, let’s not only celebrate the brave, inspirational folks who marched for freedom or created inventions that we can’t live without to […]
Here’s some key events that happened on this day brought to you by Black Facts Today, February 4th, Freedom fighter Rosa Parks (born Roas Louise McCauley) was born yin Tuskegee, Alabama, 1913. Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The United States Congress has called her “the […]