Did you know Jesse Owens is the first black athlete to be featured on the iconic Wheaties Box?

https://youtu.be/JzFqNKDdlKg In April of 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers called up Jackie Robinson, making the first African-American man to play in a Major League Baseball game. Robinson went on to play ten years in the majors, becoming a six-time all-star, winning the National League Most Valuable Player in 1949 and was a part of the 1955 […]

The Universoul Circus is known as the coolest show on earth! Millions of people from all over the world have enjoyed thousands of shows over the years and the fun continues.

Charlotte E. Ray Was The First Black Woman Lawyer In The United States

  If it’s one thing for certain, Tasties Soul Food restaurant owner, Barbara Devan, sure knows how to run a successful business. Related: Black-Owned Sundays: Owner of Black & Mobile Shares How He & His Brother Started The First Black Food Delivery App Only 34 years old, the Southwest Philly food mogul already owns three restaurants, […]

Meet Dr. Daniel Hale Williams: Black Doctor Who Performed The First (Successful) Open-Heart Surgery

To celebrate Whitney Houston's life, we thought it would be fun to test your knowledge of some of her greatest hits.

Learn how and why the first Black Barbie doll was created

The origin story of Tituba, the Salem Witch Trials & the African connection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeUk5OFBciY Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson is a superwoman of science. The first African-American woman to earn a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), she’s also the president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the oldest technological research university in the United States. Born to Beatrice and George Jackson on August 5, 1946, in Washington, D.C., […]