today in black history

February 24, 2025

A.M.E. Bishop Daniel Payne, first Black president of a Black college (Wilberforce), is born on this date in 1811 in Charleston, SC.

Celebrating a Civil Rights Icon

POSTED: January 18, 2009, 9:54 am

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A community celebrates civil rights icon and former Congressman, Reverend Walter Fauntroy.

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