South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission

South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission set up to deal with apartheid.

Lucille Times

Lucille Times 1921-2021. Civil rights activist credited with starting the Montgomery boycott six months before Rosa Parks.

Frederick Bruce Thomas 1872-1928 a.k.a. “The Black Russian” was the first Black American to become a Russian citizen.

Micki Grant 1929 -2021. First woman to write lyrics, music and book for a Broadway show with “Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope”

Zendaya born 9/1/1996 in Oakland, CA.

Eden Bridgeman Sklenar, 34 owner of Ebony and Jet in 2021.

Soul City planned model city in North Carolina.

Black Alliance for Just Immigration founded in 2006 for Black and Latino immigrants.

Angela Bassett born 1958, highest paid woman of color on Television.

Eugene Williams first victim at age 17, by being stoned and drowned on July 27, 1919, during “Red Summer” of 1919 race riot in Chicago.