The Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site preserves the home and legacy of Maggie Lena Walker (1864–1934), a pioneering African American entrepreneur and civic leader whose work exemplified economic self-help strategies during the Jim Crow era. Located in Richmond’s Jackson Ward district, the…
The Divine Nine — formally known as the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) — is a collective of nine historically Black Greek-letter organizations founded between 1906 and 1963. These organizations emerged during a time when African Americans were largely excluded from mainstream collegiate Greek…
Finding Your Roots was a PBS documentary series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. It debuted on March 25, 2012. Each episode reveals a “Book of Life” — meticulously compiled with research from professional genealogists. It provides celebrities with insights into their ancestral…
Motown Records, a company founded in Detroit by Berry Gordy Jr. in 1959, was created to provide a distinctive, polished sound that blended soul, pop, and rhythm & blues into what was often called the “Motown Sound” — a blend of pop melodies,…