Yesterday, was the Remembrance for Mrs. Nancy Green (the Original Aunt Jemima) at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, IL. Due to the...

Last month I took a weekend trip to Springfield IL to retrace and learn about the sites of the two-day 1908 Race Riot that killed an...

His year marks, Henrietta Lacks' the "Mother of Modern Medicine," 100 birthday. I was supposed to attend the HeLa 2020: The Incontestable...

Congressman, John Lewis was my hero. Out of all of the civil rights leaders I wanted to meet, he was at the top of the list. I had an...

So, the Quaker Oats and PepsiCo Companies just all of sudden realized 131 years later that the mammy-like caricature, the Aunt Jemima...

Juneteenth Marker in Galveston, TX - Commemorated annually on June 19th, Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery...

100 years ago on June 15, 1920, three black men, Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, and Isaac McGhie, who was employed by the John Robinson...

Please read my article in the Chicago Defender. Casey Grant, was among the first African American stewardess for Delta Air Lines. Her...

For the past couple of years, I have been involved in the "Behind The Big House" Tour in Holly Springs, MS, the birthplace of journalist...

Some call Nurse Eunice Rivers, a victim or a villain. She was the nurse hired by the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) to help...

Empowering young girls is very important to me. I was blessed to mentor these awesome young ladies about self-esteem and the history of...

John Lewis, Hosea Williams, Amelia Boynton Robinson. These are just a few names and others that I think about every year on the...

To celebrate and educate Black History Month, I spent a couple of days at Proviso West High School to demonstrate the role of the...

I visited Posen Elementary High School for Black History Month to talk about the amazing story of Henry Box Brown who shipped himself...

Tuesday, February 4, 2020, was a historical day. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago "MWRD" raised the...

I celebrate Black History everyday, but I love Black History Month so I can view everyone's social media celebrating the contributions of...

Please read my FIRST article as a Contributing Writer for the Chicago Defender and I am a proud member of Black Bloggers Chicago. Diane...

I will be presenting at Town and Country Public Library, January 20, 2020. I will be discussing three civil rights activists who were in...

Happy New Year!!!!!!! I have some great news!!!!! I have a PODCAST!!!!!!!! History Unsung Podcast was launched September 2019. Myself,...

Last week, I visited the students at Christian Home Educators Support System (CHESS) on the south side of Chicago. This is my first time...