92.1 WROU and McDonald’s Celebrate Black History Month

92.1 WROU and McDonald's Black History Month

Celebrating Black History Month: Deborah Archer Makes ACLU History!
Deborah Archer, a civil rights attorney and professor at New York University School...

Celebrating lack History Month: Sarah Rector Richest Girl in America in 1913
Sarah Rector was born in 1902 in Taft, Oklahoma. She came from very...

Celebrating Black History Month: Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman (1892-1926) Coleman became the first black woman to earn a pilot’s...

An African American Invented THAT?? Indeed They Did!
Alfred L. Cralle (September 4, 1866 – May 6, 1919) an African-American businessman...

Black History Month: Harriet Tubman – Activist and Abolitionist
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822 – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery,...

Black History Month: Shirley Chisholm – First Black Woman Elected To Congress
Shirley Anita Chisholm (November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American...

Black History Month: Wilma Rudolph – Gold Medal Olympian and Role Model
Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an African-American sprinter born in Saint...

Black History Month: Barack Obama Becomes President Of The U.S.A.
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American attorney and politician who served as...

Black History Month: Robert Johnson Becomes A Billionaire
Robert Johnson became the first African American to become a billionaire when he...

Black History Month: Jackie Robinson Plays Major League Baseball
Born January 31, 1919, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player...