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Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston, The Most Prominent And Prolific Black Female Writer Of The 1920's 1930's And 1940's, Was Born On January 7, 1891.A Harlem Renaissance Veteran And Folklorist

John Singleton Movie Director/Screenwriter/Producer, John Daniel Singleton, Was Born January 6, 1968, In Los Angeles California. Following Graduation From The School Of Cinematic Arts At The U

George Washington Carver January 5 Has Been Designated, George Washington Carver Day, In Honor Of The Brilliant Agricultural Chemist Who Died On This Day In 1943, At The Age Of 78. George Wash

Archie Alexander Archie A. Alexander, Architectural Engineer And Former Governor Of The Virgin Islands, Died On January 4, 1958, At The Age Of 69.He Had Been Appointed Governor Of The Virgin Is

Charley Pride On December 31, 1980, The New York Times Announced That Country-And-Western Singer, Charley Pride, Would Be One Of the Entertainers At President-Elect Ronald Reagan's 1981 Inaugur

Langston Hughes On December 30, 1960, Langston Hughes Received The NAACP's Spingarn Medal, At Which Time He Was Dubbed, The "Poet Laureate Of The Negro Race," Hughes Is Also Considered One Of The

Innervisions On December 29, 1973, Stevie Wonder Held The Number Position On BillBoard's R&B Chart, With the Song "Living For The City," One Of Several Hits From The Landmark Album, "Innervis

Denzel Washington Actor/Director, Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. Was Born December 28, 1954.A Native Of Mount Vernon, New York, The Two-Time, Academy Award-Winning Actor Received A B.A. In Drama An

Madame CJ Walker Madam C.J. Walker, Whose Birth Name Was Sarah Breedlove, Was Born December 23, 1857, In Delta Louisiana. She Was The First Member Of Her Family To Be Born Free. She Made Her F

Bill Russell William Felton "Bill" Russell Played His First Game With The NBA's Bonston Celtics On This Date In 1956. On In 1966, Russell Was Named Coach Of the Boston Celtics, Making Him

Patricia R. Harris On December 21, 1976, Patricia Roberts Harris Was Named Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development (HUD), By President Jimmy Carter - Making Her The First Black Female Cabinet

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. The First African American Appointed Lieutenant General Of The United States Air Force, Was Born December 18, 1912.Davis Was Also The First Black To

Noble Sissle Musician, Playwright, Lyricist, Singer And Bandleader, Noble Sissle, Died December 17, 1975, In Tampa, Florida.Sissle Began His Professional Career In Vaudeville, Singing With A Midw

For those who are old enough to remember it, this 1969, CBS Christmas Classic, will bring back memories. For those seeing it for the first time, "J.T." was as much a part of the holiday line-up we lo

Andrew Young On December 16, 1976, Andrew Young Was Named Ambassador To The United Nations, A Cabinet-Level Post, Under The Carter Administration. He Was The First Black American To Hold This Pos

Jupiter Hammon America's First Black Poet, Jupiter Hammon, Was Born October 17, 1711. On December 15, 1761, Hammon Published "An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries." T

John Mercer Langston The Man Credited With Being America's First Black Elected Official, John Mercer Langston, Was Born December 14, 1829, In Louisa County, Virginia.The Son Of A Virginia Planter

Lewis H. Latimer Black Inventor, Louis Howard Latimer, Died On December 11, 1928, In New York.Latimer Was Born In Chelsea, Massachusetts And Was The Only Black Member Of The Edison Pioneers, An O

Otis Redding One Of The Purest Voices In Soul Music Was Silenced On December 10, 1967. R&B Legend, Otis Redding, Was Killed, Along With Six Other People (Including Memebers Of The R&B Gro

Redd Foxx Comic Legend, John Elroy Sanford, A.K.A. Redd Foxx, Was Born December 9, 1922, In St. Louis, Missouri. Foxx Grew Up On Chicago's South Side. To Support Himself In The Early Days, He Wo

Flip Wilson Born Clerow Wilson On December 8, 1933, In Jersey City, New Jersey, Comedian, Flip Wilson, Was Given His Nickname By His Air Force Buddies Who Said He "Flipped Them Out" With His Humo

Doris Dorie Miller On December 7, 1941, Japanese War Planes Attacked Pearl Harbor.Doris "Dorie" Miller, A Black Navy Mess Attendant Aboard The USS Arizona, Ran On Deck And Manned A Machine Gun.Wi

Frederick Douglass One Of America's Pioneering Black Journalists, Frederick Douglass Published The North Star Newspaper On December 3, 1847, In Rochester, New York. The Paper's Slogan Was: "Right

Maya Angelou On December 2, 1992, Dr. Maya Angelou Was Asked To Compose A Poem For William Jefferson Clinton's Presidential Inauguration. The Piece,Titled, "On The Pulse Of Morning," Was Read

Rosa Parks On December 1, 1955, A Mild-Mannered, Alabama Seamstress Named Rosa Parks, Changed The Course Of The Modern Black Civil Rights Movement. Tired From A Long Day's Work, She Refused To