Dr. Betty Shabazz
May 28, 1934 – June 23, 1997 Educator / Civil Rights Advocate Born Betty Dean [...]
Franklin Augustine Thomas
Born May 27, 1934 Attorney / Administrator Franklin Augustine Thomas was born on this day, [...]
Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley
February 24, 1818 – May 26, 1907 Seamstress / Clothing Designer / Author Elizabeth Hobbs [...]
Jesse Owens
September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980 Athlete (Track and Field) / Olympic Hero (USA) [...]
Patti LaBelle
Born May 24, 1944 Recording Artist / Author / Actress Patti LaBelle was born on [...]
William Harvey Carney
February 29, 1840 – December 9, 1908 War Hero (Civil War) William Harvey Carney was [...]
Bernard Shaw
May 22, 1940 - September 7, 2022 Journalist Bernard Shaw was born in Chicago, Illinois. [...]
Christopher G. L. Wallace
May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997 Recording Artist Christopher George Latore Wallace was born [...]
François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture
May 20, 1743 – April 7, 1803 Revolutionary Leader / General (Haiti) Born on this [...]
Malcolm X
May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 Minister Malcolm X (aka Malcolm Little and/or El [...]
The Story of “Separate But Equal” and Brown v. Board of Education
May 17 (1954) and May 18 (1896) The School De-Segregation Cases During the early 1950’s, [...]
Dr. Kenneth Bancroft Clark
July 14, 1914 – May 1, 2005 Psychologist / Author / Educator Dr. Kenneth Clark, a [...]