Earl Kenneth (“Fatha”) Hines
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Ruth Carol Taylor
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Reginald “Reggie” Howard White
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Cabell “Cab” Calloway III
December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994 Entertainer (Bandleader / Singer / Dancer / Actor [...]
Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert
December 24, 1853 – August 19, 1889 Author (Biographer) She was born Octavia Victoria Rogers [...]
Madam C.J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove)
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988 Artist (Painter) / Cultural Icon Jean-Michel Basquiat was [...]
Samuel Leroy Jackson
Born December 21, 1948 Actor / Producer Samuel Leroy Jackson was born in Washington, D.C. [...]
Maxie Cleveland “Max” Robinson, Jr.
May 1, 1939 – December 20, 1988 Journalist / News Anchorman Max Robinson was the [...]
Cicely Tyson
December 19, 1924 – January 28, 2021 Actress Cicely Tyson was born on this day, [...]
Gen. Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.
December 18, 1912 – July 4, 2002 Military Hero (Tuskegee Airmen - WWII) Benjamin Oliver [...]
Lt. Gen. Calvin Augustine Hoffman Waller
December 17, 1937 – May 9, 1996 Military Leader Calvin Augustine Hoffman Waller was born [...]