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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 Fame in 1963.

Founded in 1909 in New York City by a group of black and white citizens committed to social justice, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation’s largest and strongest civil rights organization. The NAACP’s principal objective is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group […]

1909 – During a “call to action” meeting led by W.E.B DuBois and attended by many other black scholars and activists, the NAACP is founded.

It was 1997 when Love Jones premiered starring budding stars Larenz Tate and Nia Long, and almost 15 years later we’re still jonesin’ for the movie that came to be a definitive portrait of black love. Written and directed by Theodore Witcher, Love Jones was the first in a series of films in the late […]

Today marks the 68th anniversary of the birth of one of black music’s greatest songwriters, Curtis Mayfield. His work with his group The Impressions, as well as his solo work continues to live on in today’s music through sampling. Having been sampled by artists ranging from Mary J Blige to Kanye West, his music has […]

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1990 – After 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa, Nelson Mandela is released from jail and subsequently leads the charge to end Apartheid.

No sport has been more celebrated in the black community than the game of basketball. From the gifted athletes, to the way the players transcended their sport and became celebrities for their athletic talents, basketball, if not America’s game, is black America’s game. Here are nine basketball players who made it so. Related: 25 Reasons […]

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After 12 days of debate and voting on 125 amendments, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.