Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. is welcoming more than 5,000 members, affiliates, partners, and guests to Tampa, Florida for its 61st International Biennial Boule, running July...
Over two months this spring, Ajai R. Myles put more than 3,000 miles on the road, moving through 13 cities and four states across the Southeast...
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. turned the public meeting of its 72nd International Boule into a celebration of excellence on Monday, July 20, presenting its 2026...
Did you know that the first African American admiral in the history of the United States Navy was a brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc....
Did you know that the first African American woman to become a general in the United States Air Force was a Spelman College graduate and a...
Did you know that the first player from a historically Black college to play in the National Football League came out of Grambling? His name was...
Did you know that the first Black American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States was a brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,...
Did you know that the first Black author to write a million-selling novel was a two-time HBCU graduate from Georgia? His name was Frank Yerby, a...
Did you know that the first African American coach in Major League Baseball got his education at a historically Black college in Florida after his local...
Did you know that one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live got his start singing in the concert choir of a historically Black...
Did you know that the first African American to graduate from West Point was once a student at the historically Black university now known as Clark...
Did you know that the first Black justice to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court was a brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.? His name...
Did you know that one member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. became the sorority’s first national executive director, the first Black woman U.S. ambassador, the...
Did you know that the first Black woman elected to Congress from the South was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.? Her name was...
L. Douglas Wilder, a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., made history in 1990 when he became the first Black person elected governor of a...
Did you know that one man marched beside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., won a seat in Congress, broke a barrier at the United Nations, and...
Did you know that the first Black judge elected in Florida after Reconstruction was a two-time HBCU graduate who earned his law degree at the top...
Did you know that the woman who helped build an entire field of theology around the experiences of Black women got her start at two historically...
Did you know that the first Black man to serve in the United States Senate went on to lead one of the nation’s first HBCUs? His...
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. turned its service mission into a world record in Las Vegas. On Sunday, July 19, more than 2,000 members gathered at...