By Taylor Gardner, AFRO Intern Each year Americans flock to the history books in search of stories about great Black heroes in time. From important scientists and their discoveries to […]
Category: History
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Congratulations on 100 Years Sigma Gamma Rho (ΣΓΡ)
1922 – 2022 Events are happening November 11 – 13, 2022 to celebrate this milestone in the city of the sorority’s birth, Indianapolis, Indiana. Read more about AFRO’s coverage of […]
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The Ten Bears: Not a fairy tale, a storybook team
The Bears’ first season success earned them a place in the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) where they finished 8 and 4 in their first officially regulated college athletics season […]
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Among Blacks, New Year’s Day Not Always Celebrated
By AFRO Staff Jan. 1, 2020 will be greeted with jubilation by many across the globe. But, in the annals of Black history, New Year’s day has had a much […]
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AP Essay: Aretha Franklin, John McCain and the 1960s
By TED ANTHONY, AP National Writer “Hope I die before I get old,” the Who sang at Woodstock as the 1960s hurtled to their end. Indeed, the decade and its […]
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Meet Haiti’s Founding Father, Whose Black Revolution was too Radical for Thomas Jefferson
By Julia Gaffield, Georgia State University (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Crowds cheered as local lawmakers on […]