Sammy Davis Jr.
Samuel George Davis Jr, (1925-1990) aka Sammy Davis Jr. in 1972 became the first Black person to host the Academy Awards. BlackHistoryEveryday.com
Read more "Sammy Davis Jr."Samuel George Davis Jr, (1925-1990) aka Sammy Davis Jr. in 1972 became the first Black person to host the Academy Awards. BlackHistoryEveryday.com
Read more "Sammy Davis Jr."Willa Brown (1906-1992) was the first Black woman officer in the Civil Air Patrol and the first Black woman to hold a commercial pilot’s license. She is credited as the first Black woman to run for United States Congress in 1946, 1948, and 1950. BlackHistoryEveryday.com
Read more "Willa Brown"Sade, born 1959 and Luther Vandross (1951-2005) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class 2026
Read more "Sade and Luther Vandross"What is your favorite restaurant? My favorite restaurant now that I am a restaurateur, is Harmony, in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Read more "Favorite restaurant"Stephanie St. Clair (1897-1969) from Guadeloupe, French West Indies was a racketeer who ran numerous enterprises in Harlem, New York. She publicly denounced corrupt police and resister Mafia control. She ran a successful numbers game and was an activist. Her nicknames included: Queenie, Madame Queen, Madame St. Clair and Queen of the Policy Rackets. BlackHistoryEveryday.com
Read more "Stephanie St. Clair"Where do you see yourself in 10 years? In 10 years, 2036, I will be 79 years old, vibrant, famous, and traveling.
Read more "In 2036"Genelle Guzman-McMillan born in 1971 in Trinidad, last survivor pulled from the debris at Ground Zero on 9/11/2001. BlackHistoryEveryday.com
Read more "Genelle Guzman-McMillan"What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? 5 everyday things that bring me happiness:
Read more "5 Everyday things that bring me happiness"Norman Francis (1931-2026) first Black student to integrate law school at Loyola University in 1952. In 1968 he became the first Black and first lay president of Xavier University in Louisiana. BlackHistoryEveryday.com
Read more "Norman Francis"Howard Thurman 1899-1981. Was the first black dean of a chapel at a majority-white university or college in the United States at Boston University, Marsh Chapel, (1953-1965) BlackHistoryEveryday.com
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