Black History Month

That would be Robert Smalls. He was an attractive, brave, black man who was born into slavery in 1839.

If you didn't know Esther Jones was the real Betty Boop. The iconic cartoon character was inspired by the Black jazz singer in Harlem. Max Fleischer introduced the character in 1930 and the caricature of the jazz age flapper was the first and most famous sex symbol in animation.

Sarah Vaughan took jazz vocals to a new level and was called "The Divine One" because of her range and effortless mastery of the intricacies of music.

Alice Barker is a 103 year-old lady who had an amazing dance career during the Harlem Renaissance. Dancing at clubs like the Cotton Club, Zanzibar Club and the famous Apollo dance is what she has loved since she was a baby.

We're celebrating Black Music Month here at Kiss-FM and we take a look back at a stellar debut album from Keyshia Cole called "The Way It Is" released a decade ago this week. We take a look back at this classic album which went on to sell over a million copies 2 months after it was released and is still Keyshia's biggest seller to date...

On this day February 25th in 1986, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie received their Grammys for "Song Of The Year" for their all-star collaboration "We Are The World".

Here are some of the milestone events that have happened on February 13th in black history.

As we recognize Black History Month, here are a few things that happened on this day in Black History:

On this date in 1944, Harry W. McAlpin was the first African-American journalist was admitted to a white house press conference.

On this day in Black History....