Patricia Roberts Harris was born in Mattoon, Illinois to Bert Fitzgerald Roberts, a Pullman car waiter, and Hildren Brodie Johnson, a schoolteacher, on May 31, 1924. After graduating from high school in Chicago, Harris enrolled...
Read MoreAlthough the United States Marine Corps was established by the Revolutionary era Second Continental Congress on November 10, 1775, the first Black members would not be inducted until June of 1942—about six months after Imperial...
Read MoreDuring the early 1960’s, as the battle for Black civil rights raged at home, abroad, the Cold War that pitted the United States against the Soviet Union and her communist allies took on an other worldly tone as the Soviets...
Read MoreAmong Black families of historical note, few can compare to the Nabrit family in terms of breaking civil rights and educational barriers during their lives. James and Samuel Nabrit were born near Macon, Georgia, the sons of...
Read More“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief…”—Aeschylus, Ancient Greek Tragedian When Special Counsel Robert Hur declined to press charges last week against President Joe Biden for mishandling...
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