today in black history

November 07, 2025

In 1972, Barbara Jordan of Texas and Andrew Young of Georgia become the first southern Blacks elected to Congress since Reconstruction.

Today in Black America: 04.17.09

With Brette Dawson

POSTED: November 30, -0001, 12:00 am

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