United States – California
Altadena, California
Altadena, California, has one of California’s oldest and most affluent middle-class Black neighborhoods. That neighborhood was affected by the 2025...
Rex Richardson (1983- )
The first African American mayor of Long Beach, California, Rex Richardson was born at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois...
Thomas Berkley (1915–2001)
Attorney, newspaper publisher, and world-class athlete Thomas Lucius Berkley was born Thomas Lucius Berkley on August 9, 1915, in DuQuoin,...
Lincoln I. Mulkey and Dorothy J. Mulkey
Lincoln I. Mulkey and Dorothy J. Mulkey were the challengers in a major lawsuit, Reitman v. Mulkey, that reestablished housing...
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...
Alvin Austin Attles Jr. (1936-2024)
Alvin Austin Attles Jr. was a basketball player for the National Basketball Association (NBA) who played his entire career with...
James C. Hayes (1946-2022)
The first African American mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska, James C. Hayes was born in Sacramento, California on May 26, 1946....
John Amos (1939-2024)
Television pioneer and Emmy-nominated actor John Amos was born John Allen Amos Jr. on December 27, 1939, in Newark, New...
Connie Hawkins (1942-2017)
Six-foot-eight NBA Superstar legend Connie Hawkins, one of the first basketball players capable of swooping and soaring in flights to...
