
ABC's of Black History
Letter by letter, The ABC's of Black History celebrates a story that spans continents and centuries, triumph and heartbreak, creativity and joy. It...
View full detailsLetter by letter, The ABC's of Black History celebrates a story that spans continents and centuries, triumph and heartbreak, creativity and joy. It...
View full detailsElla Fitzgerald grew up near Harlem, in New York, where she was surrounded by music and dance. After winning first prize in a talent competition at...
View full detailsAs a kid, Mae looked up at the stars and knew that she would go there one day. But she couldn't understand why there weren't any astronauts who loo...
View full detailsLittle Martin grew up in a family of preachers: his dad was a preacher, his uncle was a preacher, his grandfather was a preacher…so maybe he’d beco...
View full detailsWhen a Black teenager named Trayvon Martin was senselessly killed in 2012, the African American community called for his murderer to be held accoun...
View full detailsWhen he was nine years old, Neil deGrasse Tyson went on a trip that would change his life. While visiting the Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of N...
View full detailsAt the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, track and field star Jesse Owens ran himself straight into international glory by winning four gold medals. But...
View full detailsIn 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights prote...
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