To Inspire You

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

Martin Luther King, Jr. »

Today In History

• In 1960 - Somali proclaimed independent.
  
• In 1976 - Kenneth Gibson, mayor of Newark, became the first Black president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
  
• In 2009 - Ursula Burns becomes first African American Female to be named President and Chief Executive Officer of a Fortune 500 company, Xerox Corp