Introduction Hip-hop has become among the most well-known and significant musical genres worldwide, but it wasn't always that way. Hip-hop was largely an underground movement...

The Windrush Generation: Unveiling 25 Lesser-Known Facts and its Significance in Black History

August 26, 2023

Amanda Gorman made History as the Youngest Known Inaugural Poet

April 29, 2021

The 761st Tank Battalion: Black Heroes of Gunskirchen’s Liberation

January 27, 2025

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley: Biden’s National Monument

July 24, 2023

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Black History Timeline: 1619-1696

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Black History Timeline: 1700-1794

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Black History Timeline: 1800-1896

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Black Firsts

Jerry Lawson: The man who Pioneered the Video Game Cartridge.

tellersuntold - April 5, 2019

(December 1, 1940- April 9, 2011) Photo credits: The Estate of Jerry Lawson (Jerry Lawson) Before Xbox, PlayStation, or even Atari, you had to buy a...

Self-made Millionaire at the age of 15

April 5, 2019

Wally Amos was the first black talent agent and entrepreneur who founded Famous Amos cookies.

April 7, 2019

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Black History

Marie Van Brittan Brown: The Trailblazing Inventor Behind the First Home Security System

tellersuntold - October 24, 2024

Marie Van Brittan Brown is a name you might not hear in everyday conversation, but you should. If you’ve ever felt safer because of...

12 Facts about George Crum

April 3, 2022

Granville T. Woods, known as the “Black Edison”

March 2, 2021

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African-American Firsts

Gertrude Jeannette-First Woman Cabdriver Who Turned Broadway Actor

Black Firsts tellersuntold - November 21, 2019

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette became the first woman in New York City licensed to drive a motorcycle. She was the first woman licensed to drive a cab. She became...

Tressie Souders: 25 Facts About The First Black Female to Direct a Feature Film

Black Firsts tellersuntold - October 20, 2023

Introduction The significance of Tressie Souders in black history is hard to understate. She diligently navigated the landscape of a predominantly white and male-centric Hollywood,...

Haben Girma – The Inspiring Story of the First Deaf-Blind Woman to Graduate from Harvard Law School

Black Firsts tellersuntold - March 2, 2023

A Black, Deaf-Blind woman who graduated from Harvard Law School created history. Haben Girma, a lawyer, activist, and public speaker born and raised in...

Charles Henry Turner: 15 Essential Facts About the Pioneer of Animal Cognition

Black Firsts tellersuntold - February 14, 2024

Charles Henry Turner stands among the earliest African Americans to receive a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. In 1892, he became the first...

Sylvia Robinson: The Mother of Hip Hop

Black Firsts tellersuntold - March 27, 2023

Introduction Hip-hop has become among the most well-known and significant musical genres worldwide, but it wasn't always that way. Hip-hop was largely an underground movement...

Jesse Owens: the Buckeye Bullet!