Black History On This Day December 12th

African American inventor patents the golf tee (1872) African American George Grant inventor patents the...

Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer Dionne Warwick born (1940) Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer Dionne...

Jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr born (1943 - 1999) Jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr born in...

Kenya achieves independence (1963) The east African nation of Kenya achieves...

First African American mayor of San Francisco (1995) Willie Brown defeats incumbent mayor Frank Jordan...