Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson is stepping down as Chicago school board president a week after assuming the role.
Rev. Johnson steps down as Illinois Gov....
Chicago Board of Education chambers (Photo Credit cpsboe.org).
In a massive move, the entire Chicago School Board is resigning, setting the stage for transitioning to...
AUGUST 21
1831—The Nat Turner slave rebellion begins in Southampton, Va. It was the best organized and most deadly slave revolt in American history....
The 58th Annual Rainbow PUSH Coalition International Convention began on a rainy Thursday (Aug. 15), kicking off a weeklong event that runs through Aug....
GARRETT A. MORGAN
FEBRUARY 28
1708—One of the first recorded slave revolts in American history takes place on Newton, Long Island (New York). Seven Whites...
THE BANJO by HENRY OSSAWA TANNER
October 18
1917—“Dizzy” Gillespie, bandleader and pioneer of “B-bop Jazz,” is born John Birks Gillespie in Cheraw, S.C.
1945—Actor, singer, activist...
O.J. SIMPSON
September 27
1817—Hiram R. Revels is born free in Fayetteville, N.C. Revels becomes the first Black to serve in the United States Senate...
