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, Hurstons's Literary Themes Centered Around Commo ...
Posted Wednesday, January 6th 2010 at 10:14PM
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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 University Of Southern California, Singleton Made M ...
Posted Tuesday, January 5th 2010 at 11:55PM
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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 Washington Carver Was Born A Slave In Diamond, Missour ...
Posted Monday, January 4th 2010 at 8:16PM
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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 Islands By President Dwight Eisenhower In 1954. His ...
Posted Sunday, January 3rd 2010 at 10:17AM
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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 Inaugural Gala.
Born In Mississippi And A Former Profe ...
Posted Wednesday, December 30th 2009 at 11:27PM
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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 Most Important And Proliific American Writers Of ...
Posted Tuesday, December 29th 2009 at 9:01PM
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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, "Innervisions."
Wonder Produced "Innervisions" During Wh ...
Posted Monday, December 28th 2009 at 9:33PM
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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 And Journalism From Fordham University In 1977.Washi ...
Posted Sunday, December 27th 2009 at 3:45PM
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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 Fortune By Developing And Marketing A Hugely Succes ...
Posted Wednesday, December 23rd 2009 at 1:22AM
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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 The First Black Head Coach Of A Major Professional ...
Posted Monday, December 21st 2009 at 10:46PM
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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 Member.
In 1979, She Was Appointed Secretary Of H ...
Posted Sunday, December 20th 2009 at 1:15PM
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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 Command An Air Force Base During World War I. He C ...
Posted Friday, December 18th 2009 at 2:07AM
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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 Midwest Gospel Quartet. By 1915 He Had Formed His Own ...
Posted Wednesday, December 16th 2009 at 8:29PM
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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 looked foward to seeing, as "A Charlie Brown Christm ...
Posted Wednesday, December 16th 2009 at 9:50AM
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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 Position.
Young Was Later Pressured Into Resigning ...
Posted Wednesday, December 16th 2009 at 12:11AM
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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." This Was The First Single Poem Published By An Afri ...
Posted Monday, December 14th 2009 at 10:16PM
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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 And Slave Mother, Langston Was Freed At Age Five. ...
Posted Sunday, December 13th 2009 at 1:13PM
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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 Organization Of Scientists Who Worked With Thomas E ...
Posted Thursday, December 10th 2009 at 4:55PM
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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 Group, The Bar-Kays), When His Private Plane Crashed ...
Posted Wednesday, December 9th 2009 at 7:07PM
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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 Worked As A Dishwasher, In A Speakeasy, Another Soon ...
Posted Tuesday, December 8th 2009 at 5:31PM
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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 Humor.
Flip Wilson Made History By Becoming Televis ...
Posted Tuesday, December 8th 2009 at 1:54AM
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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.With No Previous Gun Training, He Shot Down Four Ene ...
Posted Sunday, December 6th 2009 at 12:49PM
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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 Is On No Sex --- Truth Is Of No Color --- God Is ...
Posted Thursday, December 3rd 2009 at 1:45AM
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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 By Dr. Angelou January 20, 1993.
Maya Angelou H ...
Posted Tuesday, December 1st 2009 at 6:20PM
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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 Give Up Her Bus Seat To A White Man. Consequently ...
Posted Monday, November 30th 2009 at 11:40PM
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