Record of Our Forebears

A friend of mine asked me, “What’s the big deal about Juneteenth?” And I looked at him quizzically Because Black folks have been...

January 29, 1926 – Attorney, Violette Neatley Anderson became the first Black woman to practice law before the United States Supreme...

January 23, 1889 – Dr. Daniel Hale Williams founded Provident Hospital in Chicago January 25, 1851 – Sojourner Truth addressed the first...

January 15, 1929 – Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia January 17, 1923 – Spingarn Medal awarded to George...

January 11, 1870 – First Mississippi reconstruction legislature met in Jackson. 31 of the 106 representatives were Black. Five of the 33...

This Week in Black History January 1 – 7

William and Alfred Godette were brothers and pioneering St. Paul, MN firefighters, and their names are enshrined on the fire department...

Jupiter Hammond. Lemuel Haynes. If these names seem unfamiliar, you are not alone. These oft-forgotten, faithful men of God were born in...

There is a strange harvest in our nation today. It is different from the strange fruit that hang from the poplar trees in the old south...

As the United States moved through the 17th century the divide between the states in the north and the south was growing. Eventually in...