by JuantuahKwadwo | Nov 26, 2008 | African American History, People
Blues, jazz, and folk musician Taj Mahal was born Henry St. Claire Fredericks in Harlem, New York on May 17, 1942. He was raised in Springfield, Massachusetts by musically gifted parents. Mahal’s father was a jazz musician and his mother a gospel singer. As a...
by BlueChristopher | Nov 26, 2008 | African American History, People
Edward Park Duplex was elected mayor of Wheatland, California in 1888 to become one of the first African American mayors in the United States and the first in the American West. Born on May 13, 1831 in New Haven, Connecticut to Prince Jr. and Adaline Duplex, his...
by HelfgottEstherAltshul | Nov 26, 2008 | African American History, People
Carl Thomas Rowan was a diplomat, author, reporter, and broadcaster. He was the first Black deputy Secretary of State, and the first Black director of the United States Information Agency (USIA). Rowan was born August 11, 1925, in the mining town of Ravenscroft,...
by Emily Ezar | Nov 26, 2008 | African American History, People
Arthur Dooley Wilson, best remembered for his popularization of the hit song “As Time Goes By” in the 1942 film classic Casablanca, was born in Tyler, Texas in 1886. Around 1913, he moved to Manhattan, New York, where he performed with the honorable James Reese...
by BlueChristopher | Nov 26, 2008 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
The National Negro Business League (NNBL) was founded by Booker T. Washington in Boston, Massachusetts in 1900. The league, which predated the United States Chamber of Commerce by 12 years, strives to enhance the commercial and economic prosperity of the African...
Recent Comments