Phi Beta Sigma is a black fraternal organization was founded on January 9,1914,in Washington,DC at Howard University.The organization operates on three pillars-brotherhood,service,and scholarship.The group advocates for African-American freedom, enhancement of...

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was formed by three junior students and their faculty advisor Dr. Ernest Everett on November 17, 1911. The students were Frank Coleman, Oscar James Cooper, and Edgar Amos. The meeting that formed the organization took place at Howard...

Kappa Alpha Psi is a Greek-letter fraternity founded in January 5, 1911, on Indiana University (Bloomington) in Bloomington, Indiana. A small group of Black students at Indiana University decided to start the organization because they had common interests and had a...

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. is the first ever black fraternal organization in the United States. Alpha Phi Alpha is an organization committed to mentoring leaders and encouraging a spirit of brotherhood. The organization also focuses on promoting academic...

Juneteenth is a celebration held on June 19th every year to commemorate the independence of African-Americans when the news of freedom finally reached all enslaved African-Americans and “officially” ended. It involves a celebration of the rich culture, history, and...

Over two years after President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation, which brought a legal end to slavery in America, the oppression of the enslaved in some “hold-out” states did not translate into actual freedom. Southern states that split far from...

African-Americans in the United States recognize June 19th, 1865 as the dawn of freedom. Juneteenth is a linguistic combination of the words "June" and "nineteenth". It came into being two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation...

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Dating back to the year 1865, two years after President Lincoln's historic Emancipation Proclamation when the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, who...

This biography highlights the life of Ruth A. Lucas, her education, career and achievements. Ruth overcame sexism and racial barriers to become a colonel in the United States Air Force in 1968. At the time, no woman had ever climbed the ladder to reach the rank of...

This biography highlights the life of civil war leader Andre Cailloux, his patriotism, and his heroism. Born in Louisiana, Cailloux was a mixed-race child who in his childhood years as a slave. Later, he would grow to become one of the leaders of the free black...

Charity Adams Earley was born in Kittrell, North Carolina in 1918. Her parents were well educated and therefore, yearned for the same opportunity for their children. Adams, the eldest among four children, was intellectually gifted. They were raised in South Carolina...

Colin Luther Powell is a United States (U.S.) statesman and a retired four-star general U.S. Army. He made history as being the 65th United States Secretary of State (2001-2005), serving under President George W. Bush. Born in 1937, Colin Powell was born and raised in...

On August 22, 1791, the enslaved people of the French colony of Saint-Domingue (modern-day Haiti) on the western half of Hispaniola rebelled. Inspired by the French revolution, and angered by generations of abuse, the enslaved began slaughtering whites with impunity....

Mothers are the glue that keep families together, the pillar of strength that always picks us back up when we fall, the ones who make something out of nothing, the ones who are always there, and the ones who love us unconditionally. As much as we love and appreciate...

Going to space is a venture most people want to do. It’s good to dream. Those who were daring and capable enough to go are celebrated across all nations throughout the world and will forever be legends. Among them were remarkable black astronauts that should not be...

Referred to as “The Black Napoleon,” by his associates, Toussaint L’Ouverture (1743-1802) was a former slave who rose to become the leader of the only successful slave revolt in modern history that created an independent state, the Haitian Revolution. Being highly...