I have always believed that love and respect for America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities begins in the home, and I conclude as much because my parents, Charles and Vivian Hobbs, met on the campus of Florida...
Read MoreBy 1901, Booker T. Washington was arguably the most powerful Black man in America, one who commanded respect among Blacks and many whites who felt that his support of social segregation—as outlined in his famous “separate...
Read MoreEven the most casual student of history knows that during the period of American slavery from 1619 to 1865, that white men could rape and even kill enslaved Black women with impunity. But what is rarely taught in schools is that...
Read MoreThe great Paul Robeson was a legendary scholar, athlete, attorney, actor, and vocal performer whose remarkable career was cut short due to his outspoken political views regarding Black political and civil rights in America. Born...
Read MoreThe talented Hattie McDaniel was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1895, one of 13 children born to parents Henry McDaniel, a formerly enslaved man who fought for the Union Army in the Civil War, and her mother, Susan, who also had...
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