Politician
American Congressman was a towering figure in New York City's Harlem in the middle of the 20th century. Soon after taking over as pastor when his father retired from the influential Abyssinian Baptist Church in 1937, He was elected to the New York City Council and then to the US House of Representatives where he served for more than two decades.
Who is Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
An American Composer and pianist born April 9, 1887, Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.—died June 3, 1953, Chicago, Illinois whose work spans three decades, during which she wrote more than 300 musical compositions.
Who is Florence Price
He was the world heavyweight-boxing champion from February 16, 1970, until January 22, 1973, when boxing great George Foreman beat him. He is perhaps best remembered for his grueling 14-round match against Muhammad Ali in the Philippines, known as the Thrilla in Manila, Frazier died of liver cancer in 2011.
Who is Joe Frazier
He worked for Bell Labs. Along with Gerhard M. Sessler, he developed the foil electret microphone, an inexpensive, compact device that is now used in 90 percent of all contemporary microphones. A prolific writer as well. He has more than 250 patents and became a professor at Johns Hopkins University.
Who is James West
This American Civil War general and a major architect of modern warfare. He led Union forces in crushing campaigns through the South, marching through Georgia and the Carolinas (1864–65)
Who is General William T. Sherman
He won election as the first African American mayor of Chicago in 1983. Washington, a Democrat. Washington was the first black mayoral nominee of Chicago's Democratic Party. He represented Illinois's First Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1983.
Who is Harold Washington
He worked his way to the top of funk and R&B music earning the moniker "The Godfather of Soul." His unique vocal and musical style influenced many artists. He is also known for his turbulent personal life, as well as his social activism, both in his songwriting ("America is My Home", "Black and Proud") and advocating the benefits of education to schoolchildren.
Who is James Brown
American professional tennis player who won the U.S. Open women’s title in 2023. At 19, Gauff became only the third American teenager to win the national women’s title.
Who is Cori "Coco" Gauff
Brigadier general in the United States Army, who in 2017 became the first African American to be promoted to the rank of general in the Delaware National Guard.
Who is David Fleming
A labor leader and mason, was born in Baltimore on January 13, 1835.
Who is Isaac Myers
She served on President Barack Obama's Cabinet as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and as a national security adviser.
Who is Susan Rice
In 2021, she became the first African - American winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee and second Black winner after Jody-Anne Maxwell. She is also Guinness world record breaker:Most basketballs dribbled simultaneously - one person, Most basketball bounces in 30 seconds (four basketballs) and Most bounce juggles in one minute (four basketballs)
Who is Zaila Avant-Garde
American journalist and television commentator. He writes for The Washington Post's PostPartisan blog and is host of The Saturday/Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart on MSNBC.
Who is Jonathan Capehart
Haitian rapper, producer, and philanthropist Also known as: Nel Ust Wyclef Jean, Nel Ust Wycliffe Jean (born October 17, 1969, Croix des Bouquets, Haiti) Haitian rapper, producer, and philanthropist whose dynamic, politically inflected rhymes and keen ear for hooks established him as a significant force in popular music.
Who is Wyclef Jean
American model who in the 1970s was the first Black woman to appear on the cover of numerous fashion magazines, including American Vogue and French Elle. She also acted in films and television shows and built her own luxury brand of fashion and beauty products
Who is Berverly Johnson
Born in Seoul, she is the first African-American to represent Washington State at the federal level, and one of the first Korean-American women elected to Congress in its history.
Who is Marilyn Strickland
He is aBlind saxophonist born Aug. 7, 1935/36, in Columbus, Ohio and played three horns at once,
Who is Rashan Roland Kirk
Became a fixture of New York City's Harlem Renaissance, due to her novels like "Their Eyes Were Watching God” and shorter works like "Sweat." She was also an outstanding folklorist and anthropologist who recorded cultural history, as illustrated by her Mules and Men.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston
Jamaican-born Black nationalist and leader of the Pan-Africanism movement, which sought to unify and connect people of African descent worldwide. In the United States, he was a noted civil rights activist who founded the Negro World newspaper, a shipping company called Black Star Line and the Universal Negro Improvement Association, or UNIA, a fraternal organization of black nationalists.
Who is Marcus Garvey
He became NASA’s second Black American to go to space in February 1984 with STS-41B. Tragically, on January 28, 1986, he was one of seven astronauts who perished on Space Shuttle Challenger.
Dr. Ronald McNair
Civic Leader who became co-founded and also became vice-chairman of the Commission on Appeal for Human Rights, an organization that incorporated members of Atlanta University, Morehouse, and Spelman Colleges,
Who is John Wesley Mack
He released more than 50 albums but had his greatest commercial success with “Compared to What,” a recording that came together at the last minute in 1969. McCann first gained some fame in 1956 when he won a talent contest in the Navy as a singer that resulted in an appearance on television on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Who is Les McCann
(a white Jewish-American educator, literary critic, and activist,) was born on this date in 1875 in New York City. He also helped build the concept of a unified Black movement by founding the NAACP. He was one of the first Jewish leaders of the NAACP, its second president, and chairman of its board from 1913 until he died in 1939
Who is Joel E. Spingarn
Some of his inventions included the electric egg incubator and the automatic air brake system, which increased railroad safety, besides inventing the telephone transmitter. Other inventions include the “third rail” that made subway systems possible, and a device for transmitting messages between trains and stations, improving safety and communication.
Who is Granville T. Woods
Was an American lawyer who was appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in 1967. He was the first African American to hold the position and served for 24 years, until 1991.
Who is Thurgood Marshall