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Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr. (1920-1978)
Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr. was born February 11, 1920 to parents Daniel and Lilly Anna James of Pensacola, Florida. As...
Robert Carlos DeLarge (1842-1874)
Robert Carlos DeLarge was born a slave in Aiken, South Carolina on March 15, 1842. Rare for that period, DeLarge...
Charles Gordone (1925-1995)
Charles Gordone was born Charles Edward Fleming on October 12, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio to parents William and Camille Fleming. ...
Ernest James Gaines (1933-2019)
Ernest J. Gaines was born on January 15, 1933 on River Lake Plantation near Oscar, Louisiana, in Point Coupee Parish. ...
Charles Henry Fuller Jr. (1939- )
Charles Fuller was born on March 5, 1939 to parents Charles H. Sr. and Lillian Anderson Fuller of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...
Absalom Jones (1746-1818)
Absalom Jones was born into slavery in Sussex, Delaware in 1746. He taught himself to read in his early teens...
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (1837-1921)
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback was born on May 10, 1837 to parents William Pinchback, a successful Virginia planter, and Eliza...
Chicago Defender (1905- )
The Chicago Defender was founded in 1905 by Robert Sengstacke Abbott. Abbott published the first issue, a run of 300...
James Charles Evers (1922-2020)
James Charles Evers, known as Charles, was born on September 11, 1922 in Decatur, Mississippi to parents Jesse Wright and...
Pittsburgh Courier (1907- )
The Pittsburgh Courier was established in 1907 by Edwin Harleston, an aspiring writer and security guard at the H.J. Heinz...