Today Monday, May 18^th 2026 in Black History

Today's Birthdays

Yannick Noah
(66)

Hugh Shearer
(D. 2004 age 81)

U.S. Supreme Court decision (Plessy v. Ferguson) upheld the practice of "separate but equal."

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Today's Black History Quote

"There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people."

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