In 1893, Frederick Douglass invited Ida B. Wells to lunch. She noted a place across the street, but indicated they would not receive service there. “Mr. Douglass, in his vigorous way, grasped my arm and said, ‘Come, let’s go there.’” Together, they “sauntered in...as if it were

Michael Jackson in the studio with his cousin Stevie Wonder, 1975.

On this day in 1967, Muhammad Ali was stripped of his heavyweight boxing championship after refusing to be inducted into the U.S. Army.

Here's a video on why he refused to be drafted into the army to go to Vietnam.

Happy Birthday to the late Coretta Scott King. She was an author, activist, civil rights leader and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr.

She wasn’t just the wife of an American hero, she was an icon in her own right.

Happy Birthday to the late Coretta Scott King. She was an author, activist, civil rights leader and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr.

She wasn’t just the wife of an American hero, she was an icon in her own right.

65 years ago today, Mack Parker was murdered by a white mob. It’s considered one of the last civil rights era lynchings.

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The Banyole of the ancient kingdom Of Uganda practiced and perfected C-Section long before the Europeans.

While Europeans mainly concentrated on saving the baby, the ugandans were performing the operation successfully saving both.

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On this day in 1950, Charles Cooper became the first black player drafted in the NBA, when he was selected by the Boston Celtics.