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 2:10AM
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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 8:32PM
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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 12:18AM
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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 10:20PM
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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 1:15PM
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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 4:58PM
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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 7:09PM
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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 5:59PM
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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 2:28AM
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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 12:54PM
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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 2:02AM
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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 6:23PM
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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 11:43PM
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Gordon Parks
Gordon Alexander Buchannan Parks, Sr. Was Born on November 30, 1912.
During The 1970's Parks Signed With Paramount Pictures, As The First African American To Work For A Major Motion Picture Studio. He Directed The Films, "Shaft" ...
Posted Sunday, November 29th 2009 at 3:27PM
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Jimi Hendrix
Classic Psychedelic Rock Performer Of Songs Like "Hey Joe," "Purple Haze" And "The Wind Cries Mary," Jimi Hendrix, Was Born November 27, 1942, In Seattle Washington.
Hendrix Was A Talented Guitarist And Vocalist, Known For His St ...
Posted Thursday, November 26th 2009 at 2:10AM
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Sojourner Truth
On November 26, 1883, Sojourner Truth Died In Battle Creek, Michigan.She Was Born A Slave In Ulster, New York And Given The Name Isabella Baumfree. She Freed Herself And Became A Self-Styled Minister And Dynamic Orator.In 1843 Sh ...
Posted Wednesday, November 25th 2009 at 11:39PM
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Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
Legendary Entertainer, Luther Bill Robinson, Died In New York City On November 25,1949.
Best Known As "Bojangles," Robinson Was Born In Richmond, Virginia, And With Him, A New Word Was Added To The English Language. ...
Posted Tuesday, November 24th 2009 at 7:38PM
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Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin, The The King Of Ragtime, Was Supposedly Born Near Texarkana, Texas, On November 24, 1868 (Some Sources List 1867).
A Skilled Pianist And Composer, Scott Joplin Started A 20-Year Ragtime Craze, With The 1897 Release ...
Posted Monday, November 23rd 2009 at 10:35PM
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A. J. Beard's Jenny Coupler
Patent No. 594.059 Was Awarded November 23, 1897, To Black Inventor, Andrew Jackson Beard.
Despite Having No Formal Education In Engineering And Metalwork, Beard Invented An Automatic Railroad Car Coupling Device C ...
Posted Sunday, November 22nd 2009 at 12:47PM
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Oliver Howard
The Howard University Theological Seminary Was Founded On November 20, 1866, By General Oliver O. Howard, Commissioner Of The Freedman's Bureau.
Howard Seminary Was Established In An Abandoned Dance Hall And Beer Saloon "for the ...
Posted Thursday, November 19th 2009 at 6:52PM
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Lincoln (Stepin Fetchit) Perry
Comic Actor, Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry, AKA Stepin Fetchit, Died On November 19 1985 From Pneumonia. He Was 83 Years Old.
Considered The "Father Of Black Film, Stars," And The First Black Entertaine ...
Posted Wednesday, November 18th 2009 at 11:36PM
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MALCOLM X
On November 18, 1992, The Spike Lee Directed Movie, "MALCOLM X," Was Released To A Nationwide Audience. The Film Was Based On The Book, "The Autobiography Of Malcolm X," Written By Alex Haley, In Collaboration With Malcolm X, And Pub ...
Posted Wednesday, November 18th 2009 at 1:15AM
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Esther Rolle
Actress, Esther Rolle, Died On This Date In 1998.
Best Known For Her Role As Florida Evens On The 1970's Sitcoms, Maude And Good Times, The Pampano Beach, Florida Native Had An Extensive Stage, Television And Film Career. Her Oth ...
Posted Monday, November 16th 2009 at 9:25PM
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William C. Handy
William Christopher Handy, The Man Known As "The Father Of The Blues," Was Born November 16, 1873, In Florence, Alabama.He Published "Memphis Blues" On September 27, 1912, And Gave The World Its First Uniquely African American Mus ...
Posted Monday, November 16th 2009 at 1:51AM
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Dwight Gooden
On November 13, 1985, New York Mets Pitcher, Dwight "Dr. K" Gooden, Won The Cy Young Award , A Few Days Before His 21st Birthday And After Only Two Seasons In The Major Leagues. At The Time, Gooden Was The Youngest Pitcher To Eve ...
Posted Thursday, November 12th 2009 at 7:25PM
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