by Rozen-WheelerAdam | Nov 25, 2018 | African American History, People
Kehinde Wiley, an artist, is best known for his 2018 official portrait of former U.S. President Barack Obama and the first African American to complete a portrait of a president for the National Portrait Gallery. Wiley was born a twin in Los Angeles, California on...
by FikesRobert | Nov 25, 2018 | African American History, Groups & Organizations
Boyz II Men is one of the most successful R&B male groups of all time. Originally called Unique Attraction, the group was formed in 1988 by Nathan Morris and Mare Nelson at the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts in...
by GillKaranjot | Nov 24, 2018 | African American History, People
William Jones, one of the last Buffalo Soldiers, was also a U.S. Army Master Sergeant, Prisoner of War (POW) in Korea and successful entrepreneur. Jones was born in Tamo, Arkansas to farmers Joseph and Elizabeth Jones on July 15, 1918, the youngest of seven children....
by HowardJudy | Nov 24, 2018 | African American History, People
Influential attorney and civil rights activist William Haywood Burns was born on June 15, 1940, in Peekskill, New York. He was known for his defense of Angela Davis as well as serving as the first Black dean of a law school in New York. Burns began his work in civil...
by HowardJudy | Nov 24, 2018 | African American History, People
Roscoe Conkling Giles was the first African American to earn a medical degree from Cornell University, and later went on to be the first African American to become certified by the American Board of Surgery. Roscoe Conkling Giles was born on May 6, 1890, in...
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