*Charles S. Schaeffer was born on this date in 1830. He was a white American soldier and educator. Charles (Charlie”) Stoever Schaeffer was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, to John and Sarah Stoever Schaeffer. He fought for the Union Army in the American Civil War and rose quickly in rank with the 1st Delaware Volunteers. During […]
learn more*Shirley Broyard Williams was born on January 3, 1923. She was a Black social worker and housewife. From New Orleans, Louisiana, Shirley Broyard was the daughter of Paul Anatole Broyard, a carpenter and construction worker, and his wife, Edna Miller, neither of whom had finished elementary school. Broyard came from a Creole family; her brother was […]
learn more*Carlotta Stewart Lai was born on this date in 1881. She was a Black educator and administrator. Carlotta Stewart was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Thomas McCants Stewart and Charlotte L. Harris Stewart. She was the third child and the only daughter, and she attended public school in Brooklyn. Her brothers, McCants Stewart and […]
learn more*The National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) is affirmed on July 16, 1993. Incorporated as The National Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc., it is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian organization dedicated to the economic empowerment of African American communities. The NBCC is a very young national organization when compared to the NAACP and the Congress of […]
learn more*The birth of Hester Patterson is celebrated on July 9, 1805. She was a Black domestic and abolitionist. Hester was born in Mississippi and was enslaved on a cotton plantation until she was about 60 years old. During the American Civil War’s Siege of Vicksburg in 1863, in an uncommon act of bravery, she escaped […]
learn more*Charles E. Johnson was born on this date in 1871. He was a Black dancer. From Saint Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri, he grew up in Minneapolis. As a teenager, he worked at the Nicollet Hotel. His wife, Dora Babbige, was born in Kentucky. The couple met while performing as part of the same vaudeville […]
learn moreAllan Morrison was born on this date in 1916. He was a Black journalist, administrator, and radio announcer. Allan Morrison was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. In 1939, Morrison moved to New York City. Malcolm is most widely known as a newsman and journalist. A man of superb wit and expansive memory, he also […]
learn more*The Rose McClendon Players are celebrated on this date in 1935. This was a theater group founded in Harlem, New York. The Rose McClendon Players lived up to the outstanding legacy left by their legendary namesake, Rose McClendon. While working with the Federal Theatre Project, she developed her vision of a Black theatre company. Together […]
learn more*The birth of Pattie Carter is celebrated on this date in 1875. She was a Black nurse and administrator. She was the daughter of Hawkins W. Carter, who served Warren County as a representative and state senator during the Reconstruction era. She obtained her education from Shaw University, St. Agnes Hospital, and Lincoln Hospital in […]
learn more*The Nuer African community are affirmed on this date in 1500. The Nuer are a Nilotic ethnic group concentrated in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. They also live in the Ethiopian region of Gambella. The Nuer speak the Nuer language, which belongs to the Nilo-Saharan language family, specifically the Nilotic branch. They […]
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