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Our final post for Black History Month. We hope you have learned a lot and were able to reflect on the things you've learned over the...

#OnThisDay in 1833, Maria W. Stewart gave an important speech at the African Masonic Hall in Boston. Stewart was an essayist, lecturer,...

#OTD in 2012, Trayvon Martin was racially profiled, pursued and murdered by George Zimmerman. His death and the subsequent not guilty...

Happy birthday #OnThisDay to Veronica Webb, entrepreneur, activist, and the first Black model to land a long term contract with a major...

#OnThisDay we mourn the anniversary of the death of Ahmaud Arbery, 25 year old man, son, athlete, and aspiring electricion. Though this...

#OTD in 1911 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper passed away. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an incredible poet, orator abolitionist, and...

#OTD in 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated at the Ford Auditorium in New York. May we seek to understand the totality of Malcolm X's life...

Happy birthday Sidney Poitier!! Originally born in the Bahamas, Sidney Poitier moved to Miami at age 15. His story of both reckoning...

#OTD in 1990 Lauren Anderson becomes Principal dancer for the Houston Ballet, making her the first Black Principal dancer of a major...

#OnThisDay in 1965, Jimmie Lee Jackson, Vietnam War Veteran and Church Deacon, was murdered by a state trooper while seeking refuge at...

#OnThisDay in 1942, Huey Newton was born. Huey Percy Newton was a Black revolutionary who, along with fellow Merritt College student...

#OnThisDay in 1865 Frederick Douglass was elected President of Freedman Bank and Trust. Freedman's Bank was established by President...

#OTD in 1925, the legendary Nat King Cole died. He left an incredible legacy of musical genius and civil action. Today's resources...

What better way to start #LoveTeachingWeek than to honor the legacy of a man and a University that see the value of strong and truthful...

#OTD in 1923, the NY Rens, the nations first Black professional basketball team was formed and coached by Bob Douglas who would go on to...

"Slavery didn't end; it merely evolved." -Bryan Stevenson This is evident even in states' refusal to ratify the 13th ammendment. ...

FREE EVENT! ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! As we work to understand our place in social justice reform, it is important to process the emotions we...

#OnThisDay in 1977 Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. was confirmed as the first Black Secretary of the Army. Learn more about Alexander's...

#OTD in 1927, a star was born. Happy birthday to opera star Mary Violet Leontyne Price. Ms. Price, encouraged by her teachers to pursue...

#OTD in 1960, the home of Carlotta Walls, the youngest member of the Little Rock 9, was bombed. Thankfully no one was physically...