On Oct. 17, 1888, Capital Savings Bank, the first bank organized and operated by African-Americans, was founded in Washington, D.C. Capital Savings BankCapital Savings helped stimulate Black entrepreneurship by offering loans to Black-owned businesses and landowners when white-owned banks would not. Confidence in the bank continued to grow, and, by 1892, deposits were estimated at $300,000.
Read MoreThe Story of "Black Wall Street", 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma Race Riots
June 1st, 1921 will forever be remembered as a day of great loss and devastation. It was on this day that America experienced the deadliest race riot in the small town of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ninety-four years later, that neighborhood is still recognized as one of the most prosperous African American towns to date. With hundreds of successful black-owned businesses lining Greenwood Avenue, it became a standard that African Americans are still trying to rebuild.
Read MoreBresha Meadows, the 15-year-old Warren, Ohio teen who shot and killed her father — a man who had a history of abuse against her and her mother — has accepted a plea deal.
Read MoreBill Cosby's daughters released statements on Monday on popular radio show, "The Breakfast Club," in order to try and prove that their dad is not the monster he's been portrayed as in the media.
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