by taylorsolutionsinc | Aug 12, 2024 | African American History, People
George F. Bowles, born enslaved in 1844 in Charleston, South Carolina, was one of the most prominent figures in Reconstruction and post-Reconstruction era Mississippi. He was a lawyer, newspaper editor, politician, and businessman. His early life remains somewhat...
by | Jul 1, 2024 | African American History, People
Daunte Demetrious Wright, a 20-year-old African American man, tragically lost his life during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Wright was born on October 27, 2000, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to parents Katie Wright and Aubrey Wright. He had two siblings...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | Jul 1, 2024 | African American History, People
Nathan Hare, the founder of The Black Scholar: A Journal of Black Studies and Research and called by many scholars “the father of Black and Ethnic Studies,” was born on April 9, 1933, in Slick, Oklahoma, to Seddie H. Hare, a sharecropper from Arkansas, and Tishia Lee...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | Jun 15, 2024 | African American History, People
Charles Luther Sifford, the first Black player to participate in the PGA Tour and the first named to the World Golf Hall of Fame, was born on June 2, 1922, in Charlotte, North Carolina. His parents were Pasco Sifford from Charlotte and Eliza Sifford Darkins from South...
by David H. Jackson Jr. | Jun 12, 2024 | African American History, People
Civil Rights Advocate, professor, and Pastor William “Bill” Lawson was born William Alexander Lawson on June 28, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Walter Lawson and Clarisse Lawson Cade. William, his two brothers, and his sister were all reared in Kansas City, Kansas....
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