The Fisk Jubilee Singers are a Black a cappella ensemble, consisting of students at Fisk University. In 2002 the Library of Congress honored their 1909 recording of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” by adding it in the United States National Recording Registry.
Read more "Fisk Jubilee Singers"African American Museum and Library at Oakland is “dedicated to the discovery, preservation, interpretation and sharing of historical and cultural experiences of African Americans in California and the West for present and future generations” established in 2002.
Read more "African American Museum and Library at Oakland"Nineteen year old Kahlil Greene is the first Black person to be elected student body president at Yale University as of 2019.
Read more "Kahlil Greene"Eve Jessye, 1895-1992, she was an American conductor who was the first Black to get international distinction as a professional choral conductor.
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Read more "Billy Preston"Lee Archer 1909 – 2010 Tuskegee Airman. One of the first Black fighter pilots.
Read more "Lee Archer"Coco Gauff born 2005 youngest finalist tennis player is U.S. Open History in 2017.
Read more "Coco Gauff"Sha’Carri Richardson born in 2000, a 19 year old freshman attending Louisiana State University set a collegiate record for 100-meter at the NCAA track and field championships at UT Austin in June of 2019.
Read more "Sha’Carri Richardson"Eddy Grant 3/5/1948, a British musician and the founding member of The Equals, a rock, pop, and R&B group originating in northern London.
Read more "Eddy Grant"Azealia Banks born May 31, 1991 is an actress and rapper.
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