On this day (Jan 30) in 1965, Satchel Paige was named “All-Time Outstanding Player” by the National Baseball Congress. Paige became a baseball legend, pitching in both the Negro leagues and in Major League Baseball (MLB). Satchel Paige was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram Related Links: I Am Black History […]
Baltimore has a great History. From Fort McHenry to the Star Spangled Banner….. Babe Ruth and Edger Allen Poe. But Baltimore is rich in Black History. Our music, culture, and politics are rooted all and throughout this great city. This black history month, we’ll touch base on everything BLACK! Let’s start at the Blacks In […]
Oprah worked here, but Montel Williams was born here! Montel Williams Gershoff.getty Talk-show host Montel Brian Anthony Williams was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1956. The son of a fire chief, Williams went on to have a successful military career before leaving the armed services for full-time work as a motivational speaker. In 1991, The […]
Baltimore has a great History. From Fort McHenry to the Star Spangled Banner….. Babe Ruth and Edger Allen Poe. But Baltimore is rich in Black History. Our music, culture, and politics are rooted all and throughout this great city. This black history month, we’ll touch base on everything BLACK! Let’s start at the Blacks In […]
Beloved singer, entertainer, and songwriter Michael Jackson and his unfortunate passing in June of 2009 shocked the globe, with fans across various nations still mourning…
Betty Shabazz (pictured), the widow of famed civil rights icon Malcolm X, died on this day in 1997 at the age of 61. Her death…
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is a holiday of notable significance for many African Americans. June 19, 1865, highlights the abolition…
Oliver Cromwell, a Black soldier who was possibly of mixed heritage that fought in the American Revolutionary War, was honorably discharged and given a Badge…
Nina Simone (pictured) is one of American music’s most-celebrated figures as well as a legendary icon of artistic expression and empowerment. Known as the “High Priestess…
President Abraham Lincoln‘s Emancipation Proclamation didn’t become national law until January 1, 1863, which gave millions of slaves their freedom. Before that historic event, the…
Bill Pickett was a famous rodeo star who delighted fans and was said to have invented the rodeo technique of bulldogging. Pickett enjoyed success and…
Inventor Jan Matzeliger (pictured) placed his name in the history books by inventing and patenting the shoe lasting machine in the late 1800s. Matzeliger filed…
