United States – West Virginia
Elizabeth Mason Harden Gilmore (1910-1986)
Elizabeth Mason Harden Gilmore was a trailblazing figure, a distinguished entrepreneur, and a significant civil rights leader. She was the...
Beny Jene Primm (1928-2015)
Beny Jene Primm, a pioneer in HIV/AIDS research and treatment and an anesthesiologist, was born on May 21, 1928, in...
Margaret Vernell James Strickland Collins (1922-1996)
Margaret Vernell James Strickland Collins was a leading scientist on termite diversity and a Civil Rights activist. She was the...
Revella Hughes (1895-1987)
Revella Hughes was a soprano singer, composer, musician, recording artist, and the first female choral director for a Broadway production....
Sydney Kai Kamlager-Dove (1972-)
The Honorable Sydney Kai Kamlager-Dove, a Freshman Democrat Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and an advocate for racial...
Matthew T. Whittico (1866-1939)
Prominent West Virginia newspaper publisher and politician Matthew Thomas Whittico was born near Martinsville, in Henry County, Virginia, on September...
Otha Edward Thornton, Jr. (1967- )
Otha Edward Thornton, Jr., the first African American President of the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA), was born in October...
The First Black Players in the NBA (1950)
The first African American players in the National Basketball Association in the twentieth century all came into the league in...
Lulu Merle Johnson (1907-1995)
Lulu Merle Johnson was pioneer in education and the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in the state...
