Shelton Jackson “Spike” Lee
Born March 20, 1957 Film Director / Producer / Screenwriter Shelton Jackson Lee was born [...]
Jackie “Moms” Mabley
March 19, 1894 – May 23, 1975 Comedian / Actress Loretta Mary Aiken was born [...]
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing
March 18, 1935 – January 2, 2016 Psychiatrist / Author / Academic Frances Luella Cress [...]
Blanche Kelso Bruce
March 1, 1841 – March 17, 1898 Politician Blanche Kelso Bruce was a politician who [...]
Freedom’s Journal
Premiere Issue: March 16, 1827 First Black American Newspaper Freedom's Journal was the first black owned [...]
Leon H. Washington, Jr.
Newspaper Publisher April 15, 1907 – June 17, 1974 Leon H. Washington Jr. was the [...]
Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.
March 14, 1933 - November 3, 2024 Producer (Music / TV / Film) / Composer [...]
Fannie Lou Hamer
October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977 Activist / Political Leader Fannie Lou Townsend was [...]
Meta Vaux Warrick-Fuller
June 9, 1877 – March 13, 1968 Sculptor / Visual Artist Meta Vaux Warrick was [...]
Andrew Jackson Young, Jr.
Born March 12, 1932 Politician / Diplomat / Activist Andrew Jackson Young Jr. was born [...]
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry
May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965 Author (Playwright) / Activist Lorraine Hansberry was born [...]
Harriet Ross Tubman
March 1822 – March 10, 1913 Abolitionist / Soldier / Humanitarian / Icon Harriet Tubman [...]