February is more than just Black History Month — it is a time to reflect on powerful events that have shaped not only African ...

It is day 25 of Black History Month and we have your Black history fact of the day. On this day in 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels took oath as the first African American Senator. Revels was born a freeman ...

On this day in history, a young Muhammed Ali knocked out Sonny Liston for his first world title in 1964, the NCAA suspended the SMU football program for the 1987 season and in 1870, the first ...

In 1836, Samuel Colt patented a "revolving gun," the first of the six-shooters. In 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Natchez, Miss., was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first Black ...