Mary Ann Shadd (Cary)
October 9, 1823 – June 5, 1893 Teacher / Activist [...]
Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson
Born October 8, 1941 Clergy / Activist / Politician Jesse [...]
Gabriel Prosser
1776 – October 10, 1800 Revolutionary The brave heroics of [...]
Anthony Kevin Dungy
Born October 6, 1955 Football Player / Coach / Sportscaster [...]
Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke
Born October 5, 1932 Attorney / Politician She was born [...]
Sugar Ray Robinson (Walker Smith, Jr.)
May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989 Boxing Legend / [...]
Johnnie Lee Cochran, Jr.
October 2, 1937 – March 29, 2005 Attorney / Activist [...]
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield
1809 – March 31, 1876 Singer / Abolitionist Elizabeth Taylor [...]
Naomi Ruth Sims
March 30, 1948 – August 1, 2009 Model / Author [...]
Pearl Mae Bailey
March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990 Singer / Actress [...]