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...
Did you know that Alice Childress, the pioneering playwright, novelist, and actress, was a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.? She stands among the sorority’s most...
Did you know that Angelo Henderson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who became one of Detroit’s most beloved voices, was a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.?...
Did you know that John H. Johnson, the trailblazing publisher who founded Ebony and Jet magazines, was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.? Johnson was initiated...
Did you know that Duke Slater, the Pro Football Hall of Fame lineman who went on to become a pioneering judge, was a member of Kappa Alpha...
Did you know that Tom Bradley, the first Black mayor of Los Angeles and the longest-serving mayor in the city’s history, was a member of Kappa...
Did you know that Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, the visionary collector and historian whose life’s work became the foundation of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black...
Did you know that Major General Matthew A. Zimmerman Jr., the first Black chief of chaplains in the history of the United States Army, is a member...
Did you know that William H. Hastie, the first Black American to serve as a federal judge, was a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.? Hastie...
Did you know that Alexis Herman, the first Black American to serve as United States Secretary of Labor, was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.?...
Did you know that Sharon Pratt, the first Black woman elected mayor of a major American city, is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.?...
Did you know that Dr. Rose Butler Browne, the first Black woman to earn a doctoral degree in education from Harvard University, was a member of Alpha...
Did you know that Selena Sloan Butler, the educator who founded the first parent-teacher association for African Americans and is honored today as a co-founder of...
Did you know that Dr. Rosa Slade Gragg, the pioneering educator and civil rights leader who advised three United States presidents, was a member of Sigma...
Did you know that pioneering civil rights attorney Julius L. Chambers, who argued and won some of the most important cases in American civil rights history,...
Did you know that one of the pioneering figures in American law was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.? Her name was Gertrude Elzora...
Did you know that the first Black woman to lead the Girl Scouts of the USA is a soror of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.? Her name...
Did you know that Nathaniel H. Bronner Sr., the co-founder of the Bronner Brothers hair-care empire, was a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.? The...
Did you know that Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Brock, one of the greatest base stealers in the history of the game, was a member of...
Did you know that Dr. Melvin H. Evans, the first elected governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, was a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.?...