The first all-Black professional basketball team was organized on Feb. 13, 1923.
The New York Renaissance, commonly called the Rens, become one of the dominant teams of the 1920s and 1930s. The team’s founder was Robert L. Douglas, whose primary objective was to give New York City’s male, Black athletes opportunities to better themselves. In…Read More

12-Year-Old Black CEO Featured With Her Line of Dolls on the Jennifer Hudson Show!

Gloria Naylor (1950-2016) is best known for her beloved novels—The Women of Brewster Place, Linden Hills, Mama Day, Bailey’s Café, The Men of Brewster Place, and 1996—but her aesthetic and intellectual projects encompassed a range of forms. She was also an essayist, a teacher, a film producer, a screenwriter and playwright, an active corres…Read More

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Yasuke: The African Samurai in JapanYasuke, an African man, arrived in Japan in the 16th century. He was reportedly brought by a Jesuit missionary and soon gained the attention of Oda Nobunaga, a powerful daimyo, due to his impressive stature and skills. Yasuke became Nobunaga’s bodyguard and a respected samurai after being…Read More