People, Locations, Episodes

Vincent G. Harding, Historian born

*Vincent Harding was born on this date in 1931. He was an African American historian, author and educator.

Stuart M. Hall, Educator, and Theorist born

*Stuart Hall was born on this date in 1932. He was a Black British Marxist sociologist, cultural theorist, and political activist. Stuart McPhail Hall was born in Kingston, Jamaica, into a middle-class Jamaican family of African, British, Portuguese, Jewish, and Indian descent. He attended Jamaica College, receiving an education modeled after the British school system. In […]

Vivienne Malone-Mayes, Math Professor born

*Vivienne Malone-Mayes was born on this date in 1932. She was a Black mathematician and professor.   Vivienne Lucille Malone was born in Waco, Texas, to Pizarro and Vera Lucille Estelle Allen Malone.  Growing up in a Black community in the Jim Crow South was difficult. This included racially segregated schools, but the encouragement of […]

Edward Crosby, Professor, and Administrator, born

*Edward Crosby was born on this date in 1932. He was a Black professor and administrator emeritus. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Edward Warren Crosby was the fourth child of Frederick Douglass and Marion G. Crosby. He attended Cleveland’s Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament parochial and St. Edward’s Catholic high schools. Initially a […]

Joseph White, Psychologist, and Educator born

On this date in 1932, Joseph L. White was born. He is an African American educator, mentor, administrator, clinical supervisor, writer, consultant, and practicing psychologist.

He was born in Lincoln, NE, the son of Dorothy Lee and Joseph L. White. His family moved to Minneapolis when he was an infant, where he attended Catholic Schools and also grew up in Pillsbury Community House programs.

Clara Adams, Educator, and Chemist born

*The birth of Clara Adams is marked on this date in 1933.  She was a Black educator, administrator, chemist, and advocate for women’s equity.  From Baltimore, MD., Dr. Clara Isabel Adams was the daughter of William S. Adams Sr., a Bethlehem Steel Corp. longshoreman, and his wife, Mary Emma Cornish “Mimi” Adams, a domestic worker.  […]

Rod Paige, Educator born

*Rod Paige was born on this date in 1933. He is a Black educator and administrator. Roderick Raynor Paige was born in Monticello, Mississippi, and is the son of public school educators. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Jackson State University. He earned a master’s degree and a Doctor of Education degree in Physical Education […]

Joan Murrell Owens, Marine Biologist born

*Joan Murrell Owens was born on this date in 1933.  She was a Black educator and marine biologist.   Joan Murrell was born to William and Leola Murrell in Miami, Florida.  She was the youngest of their three daughters.  Her father was a dentist. Encouraged by her parents, Joan became interested in the life of […]

Jean Childs Young, Educator born

*Jean Childs Young was born on this date in 1933.  She was a Black educator activist for racial justice and equitable education.   Jean Childs was born in Marion, Alabama. Her father, Norman Lorenzo Childs, worked at a family-owned grocery store and bakery in Marion, sometimes traveling around Alabama to sell the store’s homemade peanut brittle […]

Katie Sample, Educator, and Child Advocate born

*Katie Sample was born on this date in 1933.  She is an African American educator, social worker and child advocate.

Asa Hilliard, Educator born

On this date in 1933, Asa Hilliard was born in Galveston, TX. He was an African American professor of educational psychology.

After completing high school, Asa Hilliard III attended the University of Denver, earning his B.A. in 1955, his M.A. in counseling in 1961, and his Ed.D. in educational psychology in 1963. Hilliard was a teacher in the Denver Public School system from 1955 until 1960.

Charles Blockson, Historian, and Author born

*Charles Blockson was born on this date in 1933. He is an African American educator, historian and author.

Leo Twiggs, Artist, and Educator born

*Leo Twiggs’s birth, on this date in 1934, is celebrated. He is a Black artist and educator. Leo F. Twiggs was born in St. Stephens, South Carolina. As a child, he wanted to get a job where he could wear a collar and tie. This was a modest goal and an extremely unlikely one for […]

Alvin Poussaint, Psychiatrist born

Alvin Francis Poussaint was born on this date in 1934. He is an African American psychiatrist, educator, and scientist who made several studies of psychological and social issues related to African Americans.

Miriam DeCosta-Willis, Educator born

*Miriam DeCosta-Willis was born on this date in 1934.  She is a Black University professor and author.  From Florence, Alabama, her parents were educators Beautine and Frank DeCosta, she is the older of their two children.   Her father was a college professor and administrator who served as Dean of the Graduate School at Morgan State University, and her […]