May, 2008

In the Studio with Young Roccett as he describes…

Blind Tom Bethune, pianist and composer, born 1849
taken…

1943 President Edwin Barclay of Liberia, first African
President…

On this date in 1878, Bill Bojangles Robinson was…

Once a B-Girl Always a B-Girl; Repping Hard for…

May 24, 1854 - Lincoln University (Pa.), the first…

1878 Atty
Atty. John Henry Smyth named minister to…

1966: Bill Cosby won an Emmy Award for best…

1961
Governor Patterson declared martial law in Montgomery and…

Birthday of Haitian revolutionary Pierre-Dominique Touissant L’Overture. There had…