The Frederick Douglass Foundation

The Jackie Robinson Foundation celebrates the legacy of the baseball pioneer by empowering future leaders through scholarships, mentorship and educational opportunities.

Colonel Charles Young overcame racism to rise through the ranks and create his legacy in the great outdoors.

How many of us remember hot summer days running around with a super soaker in hand? What you might not know is that your summer fun was all thanks to a nuclear engineer who also worked on the stealth bomber.

In the 1950s, over 40,000 citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, boycotted the city's segregated bus service for 381 days—a massive undertaking that was funded and fed by a clandestine group of women.