Elbert Frank Cox (1895–1969) became the first Black person in the world to earn a PhD in mathematics in 1925. Because of racial prejudice, his advisor had his dissertation accepted by a university in Japan to ensure his achievement could not be disputed by segregated

David Nelson Crosthwait Jr. (b. 1898, Nashville, TN) was a brilliant Black American engineer who held 39 U.S. patents and designed heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems for some of the most iconic buildings in the world, including Radio City Music Hall and

Genres created by Black communities that then became whitened by the mainstream.

David Blackwell a foundational Black American who was a pioneering mathematician and statistician created the Rao Blackwell Theorem that is the FOUNDATION for artificial intelligence today #BlackHistoryMonth2026

🚨BREAKING: Law enforcement threatened to kill an unarmed 17-year-old as he was leaving an anti-ICE protest in Indianapolis. In the video, police officers stop a 17-year-old and order him out of his car. He calmly asks why. Instead of answering, an officer opens the car door,

In 1875, a 19-year-old Black jockey named Oliver Lewis made history in the Kentucky Derby—then quietly disappeared. Lewis became the first jockey to ever win the Kentucky Derby, America’s longest-running sporting event. At the time, the race was watched by 10,000 spectators and

Today's Black American (Freedmen) inventor is Madeline Turner. Madeline Turner invented the fruit press. Her fruit press or juicer led the way to the modern-day juicing industry, and it has been cited in several other patents for decades for other juicer and fruit press

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James Weldon Johnson, author of the Negro National Anthem and ballad of the Civil Rights Movement, "Lift Every Voice and Sing", was the Spanish speaking son of Bahamian 🇧🇸 immigrants. Raised in the Creole Neighborhood of LaVilla in Jacksonville FL, Johnson exemplified the

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sold his 4 championship rings, 3 MVP trophies, and other memorabilia for $2.8 million, donating every penny to youth education programs. His reasoning:

“Stay woke. Keep your eyes open.” - Lead Belly The Scottsboro Boys, nine Black teens falsely accused of raping two white women in 1931, were sentenced to death. NAACP forced repeated retrials. They were finally freed but never recovered. The first documented use of the phrase

Seven members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. competed in Berlin and won 13 medals, shattering the “master race” myth on the world stage. When they returned home, there was no telegram. No White House invite.

At 20 years old, Sidney Poitier was a dishwasher in New York City. He had come from the Bahamas and could barely read beyond a 3rd-grade level. Three-syllable words stopped him cold. After losing his dishwashing job, he scanned the want ads and was about to throw the paper away

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Today's Black American (Freedmen) inventor or innovator is yet another person who is Denise Gray. She led the team that developed the battery for the world's first mass produced, electric car, the Chevrolet Volt. This ushered in the era of mass-produced hybrid, electric

Today's Black American (Freedmen) inventor is Dr. James A. Parsons. Parsons was a metallurgist and chemist who invented a form of stainless steel named Durimet 20 or Alloy 20. Durimet 20 is universally prized as being highly resistant to corrosion. These factors led to it being

Did you know you had a black president that was from Mexico? He was also the president of California and Arizona that is correct. And I forgot Texas. They were all part of Mexico.

I just want us to live in reality. Are all white voters opposed to Black leadership? No. Do many white voters want a certain type of Black leader? Absolutely. And that type is usually watered down, white-washed, and made palatable for comfort. That strategy consistently turns

Brilliant! 😂😂😂 ICE ≠ Nazi. ICE= Police with Black and Brown people.

Moving 😂😂😂