Ahh, I still recall those weekends at my grandmother's house when she'd blast her record player and sing along to Mahalia Jackson. You...

Any American with warm blood in their veins knows all about Judge Judith Scheindlin. You just can't ignore her badassness; it's totally...

Born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama, Mae Carol Jemison is an American physician and the first black American woman to become an...

Physostigmine anyone? Read all about its creator Percy Julian and his contribution to the world.

Black American History, Langston Hughes, poets

Gertrude Caroline Ederle, (born October 23, 1905, New York, New York, U.S. was the first woman to swim the English Channel and one of the...