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Lemuel Augustus Penn Sr. (1915-1964)
Lemuel Augustus Penn Sr. was the assistant superintendent of the District of Columbia (D.C.) public schools, a lieutenant colonel in...
Walter Peyton Manning (1920-1945)
Walter Peyton Manning was a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen and the only one known to be lynched as...
George “Mule” Suttles (1901-1966)
George “Mule” Suttles was a power-hitting first baseman in the Negro Baseball League (NBL). Born on March 31, 1901 to...
Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church (1905- )
Vernon African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church is the oldest continuously operating Black church in Oklahoma. It was founded in 1905...
William Decker Johnson (1869-1936)
William Decker Johnson was the 42nd Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and founder of Johnson Home Industrial...
Tyler Perry (1969- )
Tyler Perry is a world-renowned actor, director, producer, writer, and philanthropist. Born Emmitt Perry, Jr. on September 13, 1969 to...
Alfre Woodard (1952- )
Alfre Ette Woodard, an American actress, producer, and political activist, was born on November 8, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to...
Herbert Alphonso “Rap” Dixon (1902-1944)
Herbert Alphonso Dixon was a Negro Baseball League (NBL) baseball outfielder. Nicknamed “Rap,” Dixon was born on September 15, 1902...
Charlie Wilson (1953- )
American singer, songwriter, and producer, Charles Kent Wilson, best known as Charlie Wilson, was born on January 29, 1953 to...
Norman Thomas “Turkey” Stearnes (1901-1979)
Norman “Turkey” Stearnes was one of the Negro League Baseball’s (NBL) most feared hitters. Born on May 8, 1901 in...
Henry Mason (1931-2020)
Henry “Pistol” Mason was the first Black baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia farm team, the Schenectady Blue Jays in 1955....
Benjamin Harrison Hill (1903-1971)
Benjamin Harrison Hill was a legislator, teacher, and African Methodist Episcopal (AME) minister born in Sidney, Nova Scotia, Canada on...