On this day, we pay homage to Gerald "Jerry" Lawson! In 1976, this Queens, New York native led a team of engineers who invented the first...

On this day, we pay homage to Jan Matzeliger! This self-educated, African American -- "whose father was a Dutch engineer and mother was...

"Locke is best known as the creator of the philosophical concept New Negro which would initiate the Harlem Renaissance (1925–1939), a...

What is America without the generations of blood, sweat, tears, muscle, mental, visions, ideas, songs, drums, traditions, inventions, and...