People, Locations, Episodes

Georgia Dunston, Scientist, and Professor born

*Georgia Dunston was born on this date in 1944. She is a Black scientist and professor of human immunogenetics. Georgia Mae Dunston was born to a hard-working Black family in Norfolk, Virginia. Her parents did not attend college but instead worked various commercial jobs. Ulysses, her father, was a cook at a commercial barbecue wholesaler, […]

Tina Sloan Green, Athlete, and Administrator born

*Tina Sloan Green was born on this date in 1944. She is a Black teacher, coach, and administrator. Tina Sloan Green was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to deeply religious parents Norwood and Sally Sloan. She has six siblings: Norwood, Gene, Cordelia, Leonette, Beatrice, and Teresa. Her parents encouraged their children to complete a high school […]

Cleveland Sellers, Activist, and Educator born

*Cleveland Sellers was born on this date in 1944. He is a Black educator, administrator, and activist. Cleveland “Cleve” Sellers Jr. was born to Cleveland Sellers (Sr.) and Pauline Sellers in Denmark, South Carolina. Denmark was a town of mostly black residents, so much so that, as a child, Sellers was often blind to the […]

David Taylor, Educator, Author, and Administrator born

*David Taylor was born on this date in 1945. He is a Black author, educator, and administrator. From St. Paul, Minnesota, his father was Clarence Taylor, and his mother was Eula Teresa Vassar. His grandfather’s uncle, Carroll Minges Vassar, moved to Saint Paul in 1888. His grandfather, Joe Vassar, moved his family to Saint Paul […]

Richard Lapchick, Educator, and Activist born

*Richard Lapchick was born on this date in 1945. He is a white-American educator, human rights activist, sportswriter, and author.   Richard E. Lapchick is from Yonkers, New York, and he is the son of Joe Lapchick, a college and professional basketball coach who helped integrate the NBA when he signed Nat Clifton in 1950. […]

Joyce Solomon Moorman, Composer and Educator born

*Joyce Solomon Moorman was born on May 11, 1946. She is a Black composer and educator. Joyce Solomon was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, and grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. She attended segregated public schools through high school. Moorman earned a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College in 1968 and, in 1971, a Master’s Degree from […]

Julius Thompson, Educator, and Poet born.

*Julius Thompson was born on this date in 1946. He was a Black educator, poet, administrator, and activist. Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Julius E. Thompson attended elementary and high school in Natchez, Mississippi, and received his BA in history from Alcorn State University (1969). He subsequently earned his MA (1971) and PhD (1973) in American […]

The African American Museum and Library of Oakland (CA) Opens

*This date in 1946 celebrates the opening of the African American Museum and Library at Oakland (AAMLO). Located on 14th Street in Downtown Oakland, this museum and the non-circulating library are dedicated to preserving African American history, experiences, and culture. They contain an extensive archival collection of artifacts such as diaries, correspondence, photos, and periodicals. […]

Ronald Crutcher, Classical Musician, and Administrator born

*Ronald Crutcher was born on this date in 1947. He is a Black classical musician and academic administrator. Ronald Andrew Crutcher was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated from Woodward High School. He received his B.A. from the University of Miami in Music Performance and Music History. In 1972, Crutcher received his M.A. and Ph.D. […]

Avery Clayton, Historian, and Collector born

*Avery Clayton was born on this date in 1947. He was an African American Educator, Artist, Entrepreneur and Historian.

Clayton was born in Los Angeles, CA to Mayme and Andrew Clayton. His mother was a librarian and his father owned a barbershop. He attended Los Angeles area schools and had two brothers, Renai and Lloyd Clayton. After serving in the Vietnam War, he returned to Los Angeles where he studied art at Los Angeles City College and the UCLA School of Fine Arts.

LeRoy Gardner Jr., Community Activist born

*LeRoy Gardner Jr. was born on May 11, 1947. He was an African American educator, counselor and activist.

He was one of three children of Reverend LeRoy Gardner Sr. and Katherine Gardner, he had a sister, Sharon; a brother, Gordon. As young man, Gardner Jr. was a playground basketball legend. As the community lore goes that as a 14 year old, he Ralph Mitchell (19) and Tommy Miller (19) beat (then) University of Minnesota basketball players Lou Hudson, Don Yates and Archie Clark in a pickup game at St. Paul’s Oxford Park.

Reavis Mitchell Jr., Historian and Educator born.

*Reavis Mitchell was born on this date in 1947. He was a Black historian and academic administrator. Reavis Lee Mitchell Jr. was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School and Pearl High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Fisk University, a Master of Science from Tennessee State University, and a PhD […]

Ronald Davis, Businessman born

*On this date in 1947, Ronald Davis was born. He was an African American teacher, businessman and community activist.

Michael Lomax, Administrative (Education) Activist born.

*Michael Lomax was born on this date in 1947.  He is a Black educator, college professor, administrator, and activist.  Born in Los Angeles, California, Michael Lucius Lomax is the son of Lucius W. Lomax, Jr., a Los Angeles attorney, and Hallie Almena Davis Lomax, a journalist.  Lomax was the brother of Los Angeles civil rights […]

Glenn Loury, Economist born

*Glenn Loury was born on this date in 1948.  He is a Black economist, academic, and author.   Glenn Cartman Loury was born in Chicago, Illinois. A teenage father of two, he received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Northwestern University in 1972. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology […]