*Charlene Drew Jarvis was born on this date in 1941. She is a Black educator, a scientific researcher, and a politician. From Washington, D.C., Charlene Rosella Drew) is the daughter of Charles Drew and the sister of Sylvia Drew Ivie. Jarvis earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College in 1962, a Master of […]
learn more*Delores P. Aldridge was born on this date in 1941. She is an American sociologist. Aldridge was born in Tampa, Florida, to Willie Lee Aldridge and Mary Ellen Bennett Aldridge. She was privately schooled at Allen Temple A.M.E Church and then attended Meacham Elementary School, Booker T. Washington Junior High School, and Middleton High School. […]
learn more*Lezli Baskerville was born on this date in 1956. She is a Black lawyer, judge, and education advocate. Baskerville was born in Montclair, New Jersey, to Marjorie Baskerville and Charles W. Baskerville. Her mother was a teacher and social worker, and her father was a marketing executive. She has an identical twin, Dr. Renee E. […]
learn more*Adrian Fenty was born on this date in 1970. He is a Black politician and lawyer. Adrian Malik Fenty was born in Washington, D.C., the second of the three children of Jeanette Bianchi Perno Fenty and Phil Fenty. He is the middle child of three boys: Shawn, himself, and Jesse. Fenty’s mother is Italian-American. His […]
learn more*On this date in 1984, we celebrate the founding of the National Congress of Black Women, Inc. (NCBW). NCBW is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the educational, political, economic, and cultural development of African American women and their families. The NCBW founding chairs were Shirley Chisholm and Dr. C. Delores Tucker. Other notable NCBW […]
learn more*The Gate of Horn is celebrated on this date in 1957. This was a folk music club located in the basement of the Rice Hotel at 755 N. Dearborn St. on the north side of Chicago, Illinois. Journalists Les Brown and Albert Grossman opened it in 1956. It was where Odetta, Bob Gibson, Ella Jenkins, […]
learn more*Black history and the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) are affirmed on this date in 1900. The ILGWU, whose members were in the women’s clothing industry, was once one of the largest labor unions in the United States, one of the first U.S. unions to have a primarily female membership and influence in the […]
learn more*Herbert Hill was born on this date in 1924. He was a white Jewish-American public policy activist, professor, and labor director. Herbert Hill was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York. He attended public schools. Hill earned a B.A. from New York University in 1945 and attended the New School for Social Research […]
learn more*Hans Jonatan was born on this date in 1784. He was a Black slave, soldier, farmer, and trader. Also known as Hans Jónatan and Hans Jonathan) he was born on the plantation of Constitution Hill on the island of St Croix in the Danish West Indies, a Danish colony in 1733 when purchased by the […]
learn more*Henry Lee Grant was born on this date in 1886. He was a Black music educator and administrator. He was born in Washington, DC. He studied music with his father, Henry F. Grant, who was head of the music department in segregated schools. Grant taught music briefly at Livingstone College in Salisbury, NC, before returning to Washington, […]
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