Jennifer Leigh McClellan (1972-)
Jennifer Leigh McClellan, great-great-grandchild of slaves and the first Black woman from Virginia in Congress, was born on December 28,…
Addie Fletcher Booth (1902-1996)
Addie Fletcher Booth was an educator, civil rights activist, and labor organizer. She was born Addie De Vault on October…
The Arnells (1963-1964)
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!The Arnells, a female doo-wop ensemble…
Mary Hatwood Futrell (1940 – )
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Mary Hatwood Futrell was an educator,…
Pauline Powell Burns (1872-1912)
Pauline Powell Burns was a pianist and a painter who was most well known for her early art exhibitions in…
Diana E. Bajoie (1948– )
Diana Bajoie is known as a pioneer of African American politics in the state of Louisiana. She is a former…
John Edward James (1981-)
John Edward James, a Tea Party conservative Republican and currently member of Congress from Michigan’s 10th Congressional District, was born…
Dennis Weatherby (1959-2007)
Dennis W. Weatherby was an administrator and scientist, responsible for the chemical formula now known as Cascade dish detergent. Weatherby…
Lisa D. Cook (1964- )
Dr. Lisa DeNell Cook is an economist and a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. She is the…
Carolyn Purnell (1939- )
Carolyn J. Purnell, a 1971 graduate of the University of Washington’s School of Law, is one of two women who…
Wesley Parish Hunt (1981-)
Wesley Parish Hunt, a Republican member of Congress from Texas, was born on November 13, 1981, in Houston, Texas, to…
Peter Crosby (1844-1884)
Peter Crosby was born in 1844 and lived twenty years in Clark County, Mississippi. He moved to Vicksburg in 1864…
Thomas J. Burrell (1939- )
Black advertising pioneer Thomas J. Burrell was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 18, 1939. His parents had both migrated…
Erle S. Robertson
Erle S. Robertson, Ph.D., is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and programme director of the…
Edith P. Mitchell, MD (1948- )
Edith Peterson Mitchell, MD, was born in 1948, and raised in Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee during the time of Racial…
Kourtney Gibson (1981- )
Kourtney Gibson is an American entrepreneur and president of Loop Capital, a private investment banking firm. Gibson is also a…
Sharlene Newman
Sharlene D. Newman is an American cognitive neuroscientist, executive director of the Alabama Life Research Institute at the University of…
Jacquin Niles
Jacquin C. Niles is an American professor of biotechnology and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Centre for Environmental…
Jalen Alexander Hurts (1998-)
Jalen Alexander Hurts is a professional football quarterback for the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Eagles for the National Football League (NFL). He…
Eric Fagan
Sheriff Eric Fagan, a 30-year Fort Bend County resident, was elected on November 3, 2020, as the Sheriff of the…
John Albert Holmes, Jr. (1912-1989)
John “Jack” Albert Holmes, Jr. (also known as “Daddy Jack Holmes”) was Virginia’s first Black disc jockey. He was born…
Josephine Ebaugh Jones (1920-2017)
Josephine Ebaugh Jones was a community activist and likely the first Black woman in management at a Fortune 500 company.Born…
Charles H. Wright (1918-2002)
Charles Howard Wright was a Detroit physician and founder of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. He…
Alondra Nelson (1968 -)
Alondra Nelson, lecturer, social scientist, administrator/organizer, was born on April 22, 1968, in Bethesda, Maryland, to career Navy parents Robert…
Herschel Junior Walker (1962-)
Herschel Junior Walker, a former football running back, was the Republican nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in…
Troy Anthony Carter (1963 – )
Troy Anthony Carter is a United States Congressman representing Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District since May of 2021. He is the…
Andree Blouin (1921-1986)
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!On December 16, 1921 Andree Madeleine…
Samuel Matekane (1968-)
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Samuel Matekane became Prime Minister of…
Shirley Mahaley Malcom (1946-)
Shirley Mahaley Malcom, a Senior Advisor and Director of SEA Change at the American Association for the Advancement of Science…
Maxwell Alejandro Frost (1997-)
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Maxwell Alejandro Frost, an Afro-Cuban activist,…
Thomas Paul Bostick (1956- )
Thomas P. Bostick was the 53rd Chief of Engineers of the United States Army and commanding general of the U.S.…
Emilia Sykes (1986- )
Emilia Strong Sykes is a Democratic politician who is now serving as the U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 13th Congressional District.…
Valerie Foushee (1956- )
Valerie Foushee is a politician, a member of the Democratic Party, serving as the U.S. Representative for North Carolina’s 4th…
(2023) Hakeem Jeffries’ First Speech as Leader of the Democratic Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives
On January 6, 2023, New York Representative Hakeem Jeffries gave his first speech before the U.S. House of Representatives as…
Aliyah Boston (2001 – )
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Aliyah Boston is a basketball player…
Evan Dale Abel (1963 -)
Evan Dale Abel, a pioneering endocrinologist, and advocate for more Black men being accepted into medical school, was born in…
Sheila Guyse (1925-2013)
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Sheila Guyse was an actress, and…
Lynching of Laura and L.D. Nelson (1911)
Laura and L.D. Nelson were a mother and son who were dragged from a jail and lynched in Oklahoma, on…
Sandra Douglass Morgan (1978- )
Sandra Douglass Morgan is an attorney and executive currently serving as the president of the Las Vegas Raiders football team.…
Taofeek Kunle Owonikoko (1968 -)
Taofeek Kunle Owonikoko, a physician-scientist, was born in 1968 in Iseyin, Oyo, Nigeria. He attended elementary and high school in…
Irene Cara Escalera (1959-2022)
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Irene Cara Escalera was a singer,…
Thea Bowman (1937-1990)
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Sister Thea Bowman was a Catholic…
Megan Piphus Peace (1992- )
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Megan Piphus Peace is a financial…
Robert Lee Satcher Jr. (1965 -)
Robert Lee Satcher Jr., a specialist in child and adult bone cancer, a chemical engineer, and astronaut was born on…
Tawanda Gumbo (1967- )
Tawanda Gumbo, an infectious disease specialist, was born in the Republic of Zimbabwe on August 31, 1967, and grew up…
Shontel Brown (1975- )
Shontel Monique Brown is a business professional, politician (D) and congresswoman, serving as the U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 11th congressional…
Erich David Jarvis (1965 -)
Erich David Jarvis, a noted scientist and a professional dancer, was born on May 6, 1965, in Harlem, New York,…
Valerae Olive Lewis (1966-)
Valerae Olive Lewis, a leader in Orthopedic Oncology, was born in 1966 in White Plains, New York, to Carl Norman…
Lani Guinier (1950-2022)
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Lani Guinier was a legal scholar,…
Wes Moore (1978- )
Wes Moore, Rhodes Scholar, banker, and writer, and now the first African American elected governor of Maryland, was born Westley…
Glenn Ivey (1961- )
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Glenn Frederick Ivey was elected to…
Sydney Kai Kamlager-Dove (1972-)
The Honorable Sydney Kai Kamlager-Dove, a Freshman Democrat Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and an advocate for racial…
Damar Romeyelle Hamlin (1998– )
Damar Romeyelle Hamlin is an American football player who plays the safety position for the Buffalo (New York) Bills of…
Kwanza Hall (1971-)
Kwanza Hall, recognized for his leadership as a civil servant and business executive, was elected in 2020 to complete the…
Henry Dortress Marrow Jr. (1947-1970)
Henry Dortress “Dickie” Marrow was an African American veteran who was shot and killed after a racial confrontation with whites…
Jasmine Crockett (1981- )
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Jasmine Felicia Crockett, elected to the…
Isadore Banks (1895 – 1954)
Isadore Banks was a 59-year-old African American landowner who disappeared on June 4, 1954. Banks was born on July 15,…
Dr. Percy A. Pierre
Dr. Percy Anthony Pierre is an accomplished pioneer in electrical engineering and trailblazer known for his academic and professional accomplishments…
Murder Inc. Records (1998-)
Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic!Murder Inc Records, a Hip Hop…
“Damar Romeyelle Hamlin (1998)”
Damar Romeyelle Hamlin is an American football player who plays the safety position for the Buffalo (New York) Bills of…