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On Nov. 30, 1987, Reginald Lewis leveraged purchase of TLC Beatrice Int'l, which changed the landscape of Wall Street for…
On December 4, 1969, Fred Hampton—21-year-old chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP)—was murdered by Chicago police…
Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat to a White passenger sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott 62 years…
Week of November 29-December 5, 2017 November 29 1780—After initial racist opposition, especially in the South, Blacks are welcomed into…
The APEX Museum is pleased to welcome Lauren Tate Baeza as the new Museum Director. A native of Atlanta, Baeza returns as…
WASHINGTON (AP)—A new $25 million fund is being set up through the National Trust for Historic Preservation to help ensure…
Week of November 22-28, 2017 November 22 1865—The Mississippi legislature enacts the first “Black Codes” aimed at controlling the former…
Remembering Harold Washington He was our hero, our role model, a man of the people. His speech was elegant, intellectually…
Week of November 15-21, 2017 November 15 1884—The Berlin Conference begins. This stands as one of the most significant events…
Week of November 8-14 November 8 1898—The Wilmington Massacre occurs. A mob of Whites launches a terror campaign against Blacks…
“Time catches up with kingdoms and crushes them, gets its teeth into doctrines and rends them; time reveals the foundations…
Cornelia Walker Bailey, prominent barrier island resident, died on October 15, 2017. As a member of the last generation of…
Week of October 18-24 October 18 1917—“Dizzy” Gillespie, bandleader and pioneer of “B-bop Jazz,” is born John Birks Gillespie in…
For more than a century, the city of Atlanta has been associated with black achievement in education, business, politics, media,…
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