On this date in African-American history, President Barack H. Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
Remembering Barack Obama’s Nobel Prize
Curriculum Counts, The Importance of Teaching About the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot
May 31, 2018, will mark the ninety-seventh anniversary of the cataclysmic 1921 Tulsa Race Riot (the “Riot”), a man-made calamity more accurately described as a massacre, pogrom, holocaust, assault, or burning. This defining moment in Tulsa and American history, despite its significance as the worst “race riot” [or massacre] in America, remains a mystery to many and an unknown to many more.
First African-American Daily News Paper Founded On This Day
With the Civil War not officially ending until 1865 and in the midst of chaos and confusion, an African-American newspaper managed to establish itself in the heart of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Remembering the Little Rock Nine
On September 25, 1957, in Little Rock, Arkansas, nine African-American students were escorted into Central High School. They were lead by federal troops who enforced the court-order of public school integration.
“Roots” recieved several awards at the 19th Annual Emmys on this date in 1977.
Roots a miniseries based on Alex P. Haley’s novel, “Roots” recieved several awards at the 19th Annual Emmys on this date in 1977.
