People, Locations, Episodes

Nadine P. Winter, Activist and Politician born.

*Nadine Winter was born on this date in 1924. She was a Black community activist and politician. Nadine P. Winter was born Nadine Kinnion Poole in New Bern, North Carolina. She was one of five children of a brick mason and a high-school dietician. At an early age, she was a community activist and helped […]

Kenneth Kaunda, Politician and Teacher born

*Kenneth Kaunda was born on this date in 1924. He was a Zambian educator and politician. Kenneth David Kaunda was born at Lubwa Mission, then part of Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, and was the youngest of eight children. His father, the Reverend David Kaunda, was an ordained missionary and teacher. His mother was also a […]

Patricia Roberts Harris, Lawyer, and Diplomat born

*Patricia Roberts Harris was born on this date in 1924. She was an African American lawyer, ambassador, political activist, and educator.

Born in Mattoon, Illinois, Patricia Roberts was the daughter of Bert Fitzgerald Roberts, a Pullman car waiter, and Hildren Brodie Johnson, a schoolteacher. She attended schools in Chicago and graduated summa cum laude from Howard University in 1945. She did postgraduate work at the University of Chicago and at American University in 1949. Until 1953, she worked as Assistant Director of the American Council on Human Rights.

The United States of Africa, a story

*On this date in 1924, we celebrate the United States of Africa.  This is a proposed Pan-African-based concept of a federation of some or all of the 54 sovereign states, and two disputed states on the continent of Africa. The idea of a multinational unifying African state has been compared to various medieval African empires, […]

Barbara Preiskel, Lawyer, and Activist born

*Barbara Scott Preiskel was born on this date in 1924. She was an African American attorney, activist, and administrator.

Harold Brown, Military Officer, and Educator born

*Harold H. Brown was born on this date in 1924. He was a retired U.S. Army Air Force officer, World War II prisoner of war (POW), and former combat fighter pilot in Korea. Harold Brown was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His parents were originally from Talladega, Alabama, but moved to Minnesota to escape Jim Crow segregation. He […]

Black History and Restrictive Housing Covenants in America, a story

*On this date in 1924, Black History and restrictive housing covenants in America are affirmed. Historically, restrictive covenants were used in real estate transactions to influence the demographics of communities in the U.S. The restrictions kept certain populations out of specific neighborhoods, encouraging racial, ethnic, and cultural segregation.   It wasn’t uncommon for real estate contracts to […]

Jimmy Carter, Politican and Humanitarian born.

*Jimmy Carter was born on this date in 1924. He was a white-American politician and humanitarian. James Earl Carter Jr. was born and raised in Plains, Georgia. As a child, Carter’s family moved several times, settling on a dirt road near Archery, GA. This community was made up of underprivileged Black families. He had three […]

Israel Augustine Jr., Louisiana Judge born

*Israel Meyer Augustine, Jr. was born on this date in 1924. He was an African American lawyer, activist and judge. From New Orleans, he was a graduate of McDonough 35 High School; he also received a B. A. from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He obtained his law degree from Lincoln University in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1951, he was admitted to the Louisiana Bar and in 1962, he was allowed to practice before the Supreme Court.

Shirley Chisholm, Congresswoman born

This date marks the birthday of Shirley Chisholm in 1924. She was also a teacher, administrator, and politician.

Shirley Anita Chisholm was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. As a young girl, she lived with her grandparents in Barbados, returning to New York and graduating from Brooklyn College with a B.A. in sociology. In 1952, she received her M.A. from Columbia University, soon beginning a career as a nursery school teacher and director.

Robert Sobukwe, Pan-African Activist born

*Robert Sobukwe was born on this date in 1924. He was a Black African administrative activist, and Pan-Africanist. Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe was born in Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape Province, the youngest child of Hubert and Angelina Sobukwe. His father worked as a general store clerk and part-time woodcutter; his Xhosa mother served as a […]

Louis Stokes, Politician born

*Louis Stokes was born on this date in 1925. He is an African American politician and administrator.

George W. Collins, Politician born

*On this date George Washington Collins was born in 1925. He was an African American lawyer and politician.

Wilson O. Brooks, Teacher born

*This date in 1925 celebrates the birth of Wilson O. Brooks, a Black Canadian officer, teacher, and civil rights advocate. Born in Windsor, Ontario, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Brooks. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in April of 1943 and trained at No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School […]

Patrice Lumumba, Congolese Poltician born

*On this date, in 1925, Patrice Lumumba was born.  He was a Black Congolese writer, activist, and politician.   Patrice Emery Lumumba was the son of a farmer, François Tolenga Otetshima, and his wife, Julienne Wamato Lomendja.   He was born in Onalua in the Katakokombe region of the Kasai province of the Belgian Congo, of the Tetela ethnic group. He had three brothers (Charles Lokolonga, Émile Kalema, […]