Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr.
July 1, 1877 – November 26, 1970 Military Hero (Brigadier General) / Buffalo Soldier Benjamin [...]
Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael)
June 29, 1941 – November 15, 1998 Activist / Author / Revolutionary Kwame Ture was [...]
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010 Recording Artist / Actress / Activist Lena Mary [...]
Douglas Dollarhide
March 11, 1923 – June 28, 2008 Politician Douglas Dollarhide was born in March 1923 [...]
Ruby Middleton Forsythe
June 27, 1905 – May 29, 1992 Educator Ruby Middleton was born in Charleston, South [...]
Shannon G. “Shay” Sharpe
Born June 26, 1968 Football Player / Media Personality Shannon Goad Sharpe was born on [...]
James Howard Meredith
Born June 25, 1933 Political Adviser / Author James Howard Meredith was born in Mississippi, [...]
M. Sissieretta Joyner Jones
January 5, 1869 – June 24, 1933 Opera Singer (Soprano) Matilda Sissieretta Joyner was born [...]
Wilma Glodean Rudolph
Athlete (Track) / Olympic Gold Medalist June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994 Wilma Glodean [...]
Shirley Anita Chisholm
November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005 Politician / Author Shirley Chisholm was born Shirley [...]
Althea Neale Gibson
August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003 Athlete (Tennis & Golf) Althea Neale Gibson was [...]
William (Bill) H. Cosby Jr., EdD.
Born July 12, 1937 Comedian / Actor / Author William Henry Cosby Junior was born [...]