Category : Education

Dr. Nathan Hare is often called “the father of black studies.” On February 1, 1968, he was hired at San Francisco State, as the first...

In March 1897, the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature created a land grant college to train African American teachers, calling it the Colored Agricultural and Normal University. ...

Eva Beatrice Dykes was a pioneering figure in the field of education and an influential advocate for African American women’s rights. Born on August 13,...

Born two decades before American women won the right to vote, Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander overcame obstacles as a female and also as an African...

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (Delta), one of four college sororities for African American women, was founded on January 13, 1913, on the campus of...