today in black history

June 26, 2025

General Lloyd Newton, the first Black member of the Thunderbirds, the elite Air Force precision flying team, was born in 1942 in Ridgeland, SC.

A Lesson In History

POSTED: January 14, 2009, 7:40 am

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Speakers honor Rev. Jesse Jackson during the opening reception of the 12th Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit.

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