Man accused of swinging folding chair in riverboat brawl has raised over $250K
A man involved in the riverboat brawl in Montgomery, Ala., is having his legal fees covered via a GoFundMe page. After Reggie Ray, the Alabama man who authorities accuse of swinging a folding chair at […]
On this day in 1963, the first U.S. postage stamp designed by a Black artist was placed on sale
Artist Georg Elliot Olden featured a broken chain on the first African American-designed stamp to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. It...
On this day in 1938, United States House Representative Maxine Waters was born
United States House Representative Maxine Waters, who represents California’s 43rd congressional district, was born on August 15, 1938, in Kinloch, Missouri.
In her over...
On this day in 1966, Halle Berry was born in Cleveland, Ohio
On August 14, 1966, Halle Berry was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She is a trailblazer in the entertainment industry who would go on to...
Today marks the 50th anniversary of hip hop
On August 11, 1973, Clive “DJ Kool Herc” Campbel’s mixes at his baby sister’s back-to-school party ignited a cultural revolution that would reshape the...