Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) 1202 East 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46205 When: June 19, 1971 What: The Indiana Black Expo debuted on June 19th, 1971. Over 5,000 people attended the two-day event put together to celebrate African-American pride and accomplishments. The annual event continues to this day. « PREVIOUS NEXT » In celebration of […]
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) 1149 West 13th St, Jacksonville, FL 32209 The Stanton School (now Stanton College Prep). When: February 1900 What: As part of a celebration of Lincoln’s Birthday by 500 school children, the school’s principal, James Weldon Johnson, wrote the words to introduce its honored guest, Booker T. Washington. […]
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) 1215 U Street NW, Washington DC When: The 1920s What: The section of U-Street between 9th St. and 18th St. in Washington, DC came to be known as “Black Broadway” thanks to numerous African-American owned establishments including banks, bowling alleys and dance halls. « PREVIOUS NEXT » In celebration […]
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Plymouth Rock Baptist Church, 233 Hillary Street, New Orleans, LA 70118 When: 1916 What: Her singing career started at the age of four and Mahalia Jackson would go on to become easily the most renowned Gospel singer of all time. Through her music she pressed for the […]
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) 5457 Old Monroe Road, Charlotte, North Carolina 28211 When: February 1965 What: James Brown’s “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” is one of the first songs to epitomize the syncopated styling and wailing horn section his fans and future Hip-Hop generations would come to adore. Recorded in […]
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Plainfield Avenue & Third Street, Plainfield, NJ When: 1955 What: When he was 16, the funk pioneer formed a Doo-wop group inspired by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers called The Parliaments while working at a barber salon straightening hair. They would later become Parliament, the acid-funk alter-ego […]
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Chillicothe, OH 45601 When:February 20, 1937 What: The stunningly beautiful Nancy Wilson is one of the most renowned jazz vocalists of all time. In her extensive recording career, Wilson also delved into R&B and pop music and worked with likes of Cannonball Adderley, Nat King Cole and […]
The makers of the hit web show ThatsWhatsUp! have been getting overwhelming positive and negative feedback to their new animated series “Ol’ Heads”. The show is a depiction of 2 old black men, Jasper & Ezekial, who always attempt to school Young Rico (the ‘pull ya pants up thug’) about his history…the real black history. […]
The guys from the hit web show ThatsWhatsUp! have been getting overwhelming feedback to their new animated series “Ol’Heads”.Now they’re back with even more of what they call; “Ol’ ass haters”. This time they explain how they were the ones who originally suggested Ali go in to boxing as well as they’re own rendition of […]
If there is one person from history whose impact on the Black woman’s self-image rivals that of Oprah Winfrey, it is the hair mogul Madame C.J. Walker. Walker was the first successful Black female entrepreneur. Her insistence on involvement in both the business world and civic affairs predates Oprah’s story, and to the extent that […]
Led Zeppelin is considered by many to be one of the greatest bands in the history of rock music, but their roots clearly lie in the tradition of the blues. Their blues influences got the best of them on a few occasions during their run in the late 60s and 70s. In 1972, the band […]
In 1940, one Black novelist dared to show America what white supremacy did to one Black man. When “Native Son” appeared on America’s bookshelves, it became an instant bestseller, the first title by an African-American author selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club. It also introduced the world to the complicated protagonist of “Native Son,” Chicago’s Bigger […]
