Daisy Lee Gatson Bates sunrise 11/11/14 Huttig Union County, Arkansas, sunset 11/4/99 Little Rock, Arkansas. Her mother was murdered by white men who were never punished. She was President of the Arkansas Conference of the NAACP branches in 1952. She published the Arkansas State Press, a black newspaper. She advised the Little Rock Nine when […]
Read more "Daisy Bates"He has sold more than 30 million albums. He has 16 Grammy nods, no wins. He has released 16 CDs. In his show he performs television theme songs like Happy Days, Welcome Back Kotter, The Love Boat, and Good Times. In addition to singing he plays eight instruments piano, guitar, bass guitar, percussion, trombone, tuba, […]
Read more "Brian McKnight"She was the founder of the First African American Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, the city’s first black church.
Read more "Bridget “Biddy” Mason"She was the founder of the First African American Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, the city’s first black church.
Read more "Bridget Biddy Madison"He converted to the National of Islam in 1963 but kept it a secret until after he won the heavyweight crown. He threw his Olympic Gold medal into a river after he was refused services at a soda fountain. He was banned from boxing and stripped of his title for 4 years after his conviction […]
Read more "Muhammad Ali"Sunrise December 19, 1875, Sunset April 3, 1950. He was a high school principal in the United States and a school supervisor in the Philippines. He was a member of the first black professional fraternity. In 1915 he founded the Journal of Negro History. He founded the Association for the Study of African American Life […]
Read more "Carter G. Woodson"Sunrise 12/23/1867, born Sarah Breedlove, sunset 5/25/1919. Her official website lists her as an “entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social activist”. In July 1912 she said “I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And […]
Read more "Madame C. J. Walker"Born William Goldwyn Nunn III, surise 10/20/53 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, sunset 9/24/16 from leukemia. Went to Morehouse with Spike Lee. His dad was a scout for the Steelers. His film debut was in 1998 in School Daze by Spike Lee. He is better known for his role as Radio Raheem in Do the Right Thing. He […]
Read more "Bill Nunn"When she came out as a lesbian she told Vogue: “I held in being sexually attracted to women for so long that once I got that out of me, the music became easy.”
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