This Day in Black History: Jan. 16, 1865
Before the 13th amendment deemed slavery unconstitutional, freed Blacks living near the coasts of S...
This Day in Black History: March 2, 1867
Howard University is chartered in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 1867....
This Day in Black History: Nov. 15, 1894
On Nov. 15, 1894, the Freedmen’s Hospital School of Nursing was founded for African–Americans by Bl...
This Day in Black History: Dec. 30, 1842
Josiah T. Walls, Florida's first African-American Congress member, was born....
Cherokees Still Refuse to Restore Benefits to Blacks
Chief of the Cherokee Nation announced Wednesday that the tribe will not be pressured to restore be...
