*On this date in 1970, Medgar Evers College (MEC) was established. MEC is the youngest of the four-year senior colleges in The City University of New York system. In the early 1960s, the Central Brooklyn community recognized the need for a local public college. Through various community organizations including, but not limited to, the Bedford-Stuyvesant […]
learn more*Critical Race Theory (CRT) is affirmed on this date in 1971. This philosophical framework was developed to challenge race, class, and gender issues. In the 1970s, Derrick Bell, one of the originators and other legal scholars, began using CRT as a takeoff on “critical legal theory,” a branch of legal scholarship that challenges the validity […]
learn more*The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) is celebrated on this date in 1973. CDF is an American nonprofit organization that focuses on child advocacy and research. Based in Washington, D.C., and created by Marian Wright Edelman. The CDF exists to improve federal policies concerning child welfare and public education systems. CDF has offices in several states: California, […]
learn more*Amadou Diallo was born on this date in 1975. He was an immigrant student. Diallo was born in Liberia, the eldest of four children of relatively prosperous parents. He grew up in Liberia, Guinea, neighboring Togo, and Thailand. Diallo was the eldest of four children born to Kadiatou Diallo and Amadou Saikou Diallo. He attended the International […]
learn more*The Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum (MCLM) opened on this date in 1976. MCLM is committed to telling the story of the African American experience in all its variations: family life, arts and entertainment, history, sports, medicine, architecture, politics, religion, law, technology, etc. The visionary, Dr. Mayme A. Clayton, established the Western States Black Research Center […]
learn more*On this date in 1977, we celebrate the founding of the Association of Black Women in Higher Education (ABWHE). ABWHE has been an advocate for and a celebrant of the accomplishments of Black women in higher education. In 1976, Dr. Jacqueline A. Kane became Director of the Resource Center on Women in Higher Education […]
learn moreOn this date we celebrate the founding in 1977 of the California African American Museum (CAAM).
Chartered by the State of California, the CAAM is governed by a seven-member board of directors appointed by the governor and two ex-officio positions held by the state legislators who represent the 48th Assembly District and the 25th Senatorial District.
learn more*Rachel Dolezal was born on this date in 1977. She is a former white-American college instructor, author, artist, and administrative activist known for presenting herself as a Black woman despite being born to white parents. Rachel Anne Dolezal, now Nkechi Amare Diallo, was born in Lincoln County, Montana, to Ruthanne (Schertel) and Lawrence Dolezal, who […]
learn more*This date in 1978 marks the founding of the Ontario Black History Society (OBHS), a registered Canadian Charity dedicated to studying, preserving, and promoting black history and heritage in Canada. Dr. Daniel G. Hill and Wilson O. Brooks were Co-Founders of OBHS. The society was initiated with the formal proclamations and the national declaration […]
learn more*On this date in 1981, Knight v. Alabama was filed in federal court. The suit, brought by John F. Knight and others associated with two Historically Black Colleges in Alabama (HBCU), held that Alabama’s higher education system utilized racially discriminatory practices in allocating funding and admissions. The State of Alabama’s practices were determined to be in […]
learn more*Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture is celebrated on this date in 1985. Located at the College of Charleston, the Avery Research Center has served Charleston and the state in various ways. Locally it has sponsored historical exhibits, lectures, and conferences that educate the community about the African American experience and the […]
learn more*On this date in 1987, we celebrate the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). They are an American non-profit organization that supports and represents nearly 300,000 students attending its 47 member schools, including public historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), medical schools, and law schools. The organization is named after the Supreme Court’s first Black Justice, Thurgood Marshall. The […]
learn moreOn this date in 1988, America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) opened its doors in Milwaukee, WI. ABHM exists to educate the public about injustices suffered by people of African American heritage, while providing visitors with an opportunity to rethink their assumptions about race and racism. ABHM’s educational focus serves as a center for education related to the Black Holocaust and as a non-threatening forum for sharing thoughts about race and racism in America.
learn moreOn this date in 1988, Bill and Camille Cosby gave a generous gift to a Historically Black College. The Cosbys made a $20 million gift to Spelman College in Atlanta.
In July 2015, a college official says The William and Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Endowed Professorship will be discontinued and all remaining funds returned. Over the years and the school acknowledged his contribution by honoring him at various times.
It’s the latest in an avalanche of back turns and changes of heart in the wake of the various sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby.
*The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum opened its doors on this date in 2001.
This is an African American heritage and history center in Delray Beach, FLA. They are operated by EPOCH (Expanding & Preserving Our Cultural Heritage, Inc.), a non-profit organization dedicated to communicating the rich history and cultural diversity of Delray Beach and South Palm Beach County. The Museum is the former home of the late Solomon D. Spady who was a prominent black educator and community leader in Delray Beach from 1922 to 1957.
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