Sam Cooke (Samuel Cook)
January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964 Recording Artist / Songwriter / Entrepreneur Our brother, [...]
Norbert Rillieux
March 17, 1806 – October 8, 1894 Engineer / Educator / Inventor / Entrepreneur Crystallized [...]
Redd Foxx (John Elroy Sanford)
December 9, 1922 – October 11, 1991 Comedian / Actor Redd Foxx was born John [...]
Hon. Anna Katherine Johnston Diggs Taylor
December 9, 1932 – November 4, 2017 Attorney / Activist / Federal Judge When President [...]
Samuel “Sammy” George Davis, Jr.
December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990 Entertainer (Singer / Dancer / Actor / Comedian) [...]
Doris “Dorie” Miller
October 12, 1919 – November 24, 1943 Military Hero (World War II) Dorie Miller was [...]
Frankie Beverly (Howard Beverly)
December 6, 1946 - September 10, 2024 Musician / Singer / Songwriter / Producer [...]
Salem Poor
1747–1802 Military Hero (American Revolutionary War) Salem Poor was born in 1747 into slavery on [...]
Fredrick Allen Hampton, Sr.
August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969 Activist / Martyr Frederick Allen Hampton was born [...]
Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter)
Born December 4, 1969 Recording Artist / Songwriter / Business Executive / Entrepreneur Jay-Z was [...]
Dr. John Stewart Rock
October 13, 1825 – December 3, 1866 Educator / Doctor / Dentist / Attorney / [...]
Henry Thacker (“Harry”) Burleigh
December 2, 1866 – September 12, 1949 Singer / Composer / Arranger / Recording Artist [...]