“Jackie” Roosevelt Robinson
January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972 Baseball Player In the mid-1900s, baseball was America’s [...]
Paul Leroy Robeson
April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976 Actor / Singer / Activist / Athlete Born [...]
Marian Anderson
February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993 Opera Singer Marian Anderson was an American singer [...]
Billie Holiday
April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959 Singer / Recording Artist Born on this day, [...]
“Sugar” Ray Charles Leonard
Born May 17, 1956 Boxer / Media Personality Named after his mother’s favorite singer, Ray [...]
John Henry Murphy, Sr.
December 25, 1840 – April 5, 1922 Newspaper Publisher Born on Christmas Day 1840, into [...]
Maya Angelou
April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014 Author / Poet / Singer / Activist Margerite [...]
Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson
December 19, 1875 – April 3, 1950 Historian / Author / Journalist Carter Godwin Woodson [...]
Marvin Pentz Gaye, Jr.
April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984 Singer / Songwriter / Music Producer One of [...]
Juliett Derricotte
April 1, 1897 – November 7, 1931 Social Worker / Humanitarian Juliett Derricotte was an [...]
Los Angeles Uprising of 1992
April 29, 1992 Los Angeles Uprising (or Riots) of 1992, was a major outbreak of [...]
The Story of Thomas Peters and the Black Loyalists of Sierra Leone
1738 - June 25, 1792 Freedom Fighter of the Revolutionary War Settler of Nova Scotia [...]