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 [...]
Asa Philip Randolph
April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979 Politician / Activist / Union Leader Asa Philip [...]
Georgia Douglas Johnson
September 10, 1880 – May 15, 1966 Poet / Playwright Georgia Douglas Camp in Atlanta, [...]
The Story of Henry Johnson & Needham Roberts
May 14, 1918 World War I Heroes Needham Roberts was born in Trenton, New Jersey [...]