Dr. Percy Lavon Julian
April 11, 1899 – April 19, 1975 Scientist (Chemist) On this day, April 11, in [...]
Michael Jeffrey Jordan
Born February 17, 1963 Basketball Player / Business Mogul / Icon Michael Jeffrey Jordan was [...]
Dr. Huey Percy Newton
February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989 Revolutionary Leader / Activist Huey Percy Newton was [...]
Tracy Lauren Marrow (Ice-T)
Born February 16, 1958 Recording Artist / Actor / Producer Tracy Lauren Marrow was born [...]
(Nathaniel Adams Coles) Nat “King” Cole
March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965 Recording Artist / Entertainer Nathaniel Adams Coles, better [...]
Frederick Douglass
February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895 Author / Statesman / Reformer / Abolitionist Frederick Douglass [...]
Eddie Gay Robinson, Sr.
February 13, 1919 – April 3, 2007 Football Coach Eddie Gay Robinson Sr. was a [...]
Helen Miller
Born February 12, 1945 Politician / Legislator Helen Miller was born on this day February [...]
Lt. Gen. Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr.
February 11, 1920 – February 25, 1978 US Military General / Member of the Tuskegee Airmen [...]
(Mary Violet) Leontyne Price
Born February 10, 1927 Opera Singer (Soprano) Mary Violet Leontyne Price is an American opera singer. [...]
Paul Laurence Dunbar
June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906 Poet DREAMS What dreams we have and how [...]
Marcus Mosiah Garvey
August 17, 1887 – June 10, 1940 Activist / Entrepreneur / Publisher Marcus Mosiah Garvey [...]