United States – Indiana
Anton Vincent (1967- )
Anton Vincent, President of Mars Wrigley North America & Global Ice Cream since 2019, the largest subsidiary of Mars Inc.,...
Lewis A. Jackson (1912-1994)
Lewis A. Jackson was a Black aviator, Tuskegee Airman Instructor, and later an HCBU president. Jackson was born on December...
Teddy Wilson (1912-1986)
Orchestral pianist, violinist, conductor, composer, and arranger of the Swing to Bebop eras, Teddy Wilson was born Theodore Shaw Wilson...
Frank S. Greene, Jr. (1938-2009)
Frank S. Greene, Jr. is an inventor, scientist, venture capitalist investor, educator, and the first African American to graduate from...
Dennis Weatherby (1959-2007)
Dennis W. Weatherby was an administrator and scientist, responsible for leading the team that developed the chemical formula for what...
Sharlene Newman
Sharlene D. Newman is an American cognitive neuroscientist, executive director of the Alabama Life Research Institute at the University of...
Sheila Guyse (1925-2013)
Sheila Guyse was an actress, and singer during the 1940s and 1950s. She was born Etta Drucille Guyse, on July...
Kristen Nicole Hayden (1998- )
Kristen Nicole Hayden is the first African American woman to win a national diving championship. Born March 2, 1998 in...
Dolores Irene Silas (1926-2021)
Dr. Dolores Irene Silas was a person of many Tacoma, Washington “firsts”–the first woman of color to become a school...
