Andre Hill (1973-2020)
Andre Hill, a 47-year-old unarmed African American man became another Black Lives Matter victim when he was shot and killed by a white police officer, Adam Coy, of the Columbus,…
Fort Concho (1867-1889)
An active Texas frontier Army post between 1867 and 1889, Fort Concho at various times posted units from the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry Regiments and the Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Infantry…
Charles Frederick Page, Inventor of the Bi-Ballooned Flyable Airship, 1903
The story of Orville and Wilbur Wright and their first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903 is known to millions around the world. What is not known…
Pamela Goynes-Brown (1962- )
Pamela Goynes-Brown, the first African American major of North Las Vegas, was born in 1962 on a Navajo Indian Reservation in Utah. Her parents were Theron and Naomi Goynes. In…
James A. Sharp, Jr. (1933-2023)
The first popularly elected African American mayor of Flint, Michigan, James A. Sharp, Jr. was born in New York City on May 28, 1933. His parents were James Alfred Sharpe…
Olivette Miller (1914-2003)
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Olivette Miller, a harpist, vocalist, and actress, was born in New York City on February 2,…
Freedom House Ambulance Service (1967-1975)
The Freedom House Ambulance Service was an emergency medical service (EMS) founded in 1967 to provide medical services to the predominantly African American Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The service…
The Wiley Debate Team (1924- )
The Wiley debate team’s history goes back to 1924 when Melvin Beaunorus Tolson took a job teaching English and speech at Wiley College (now Wiley University). Tolson also served as…
Coleridge Bernard “C.J.” Stroud IV (2001- )
Coleridge Bernard “C.J.” Stroud IV is a American football quarterback for the Houston Texans in the National Football League (NFL). Stroud was born on October 03, 2001 to Kimberley Stroud…
The 1956 Sugar Bowl Football Game Controversy (1956)
The 1956 Sugar Bowl Football Game Controversy stemmed from a college bowl game played between the Georgia Tech University Yellow Jackets and the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) Panthers on January…