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Berkley Square Housing Project, Las Vegas (1953-)
The Berkley Square Housing Project, opened in 1953 in Las Vegas, Nevada, was a historically significant project for African Americans...
January 13th, 2025
Claude William Black Jr. (1916-2009)
Claude William Black Jr. was one of the most important advocates for civil rights and social justice in San Antonio,...
January 11th, 2025
John Thomas Salley (1964-)
John Thomas Salley is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball star, television and motion picture actor, and a major...
July 15th, 2024
Charles F. Booker (1923- )
Charles F. Booker is an Army veteran, civil servant, and community activist who fought against racially discriminatory schools in Plainfield,...
June 3rd, 2024
Frank Charles Coleman (1890-1967)
Frank Charles Coleman was an American physicist who co-founded Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, one of the oldest African American Greek...
July 26th, 2023
James F. Williams (1963- )
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]James F. Williams serves as the managing partner of the Perkins Coie office in Seattle, Washington, the largest law office...
May 31st, 2022
Albert Walter Dent (1904-1984)
Educational administrator Albert Walter Dent was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 25, 1904, to Daisy Dent. Information was not...
April 6th, 2022
Rickey Smiley (1968- )
Comedian, actor, syndicated radio/ television host Rickey Smiley was born Broderick Dornell Smiley on August 10, 1968, in Birmingham, Alabama,...
December 7th, 2021
William H. Herrington (1950- )
The first African American mayor of Lawrenceville, Virginia, William H. Herrington, was born on August 15, 1950, in Hartsville, South...
October 29th, 2021