6:53 AM, Mar 28, 2012
Allan Reynolds from Howard University and Jafar Huger from The University of the District of Columbia joined us Wednesday morning to tell us more about this competition
10:25 AM, Mar 6, 2012
U.S. Rep. Donald Payne of New Jersey has died at age 77.
9:45 AM, Feb 29, 2012
Madame C.J. Walker is the original entrepreneur.
8:24 AM, Feb 28, 2012
Jean Baptiste-Point Du Sable was a Haitian-French pioneer and trader who founded the settlement now known as Chicago.
8:22 AM, Feb 28, 2012
Shirley Chisholm went from being a teacher to being the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
8:20 AM, Feb 28, 2012
Matthew Henson was one of the first people to visit the North Pole.
3:15 PM, Feb 27, 2012
Roberta Hyson was the ultimate performer of the 1930s.
8:14 PM, Feb 24, 2012
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II were the first ever group of African American aviators in the U.S. to fight facism in Europe, while fighting racism at home.
12:40 PM, Feb 24, 2012
The National Gallery will host a lecture Sunday with two former NBA players and an associate professor at Emory University.
8:29 AM, Feb 24, 2012
Sidney Poitier is hailed for his groundbreaking work as a black film actor.
7:54 AM, Feb 24, 2012
Before Halle Berry, Whoopi Goldberg and Viola Davis, there was Hattie McDaniel.
9:56 AM, Feb 23, 2012
George Carruthers built his first telescope at the age of 10. That was only the beginning for this scientist.
7:31 AM, Feb 23, 2012
Elijah McCoy was an inventor whose name is associated with a pretty popular saying.
12:27 PM, Feb 22, 2012
President Obama plans to attend a groundbreaking on the National Mall for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
8:27 AM, Feb 22, 2012
The Virginia Historical Society has launched a project called Unknown No Longer.
11:37 AM, Feb 21, 2012
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will participate in a program at the department's headquarters honoring African American women who are advocates for education.
5:45 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Captain David Harris was the first African American in the cockpit for a major airline in the U.S.
5:43 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Blanche Kelso Bruce was the first African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate.
5:39 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Dr. Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. was the first African American in space.