*Juan Williams was born on this date in 1954. is a Black Panamanian American journalist, author and political analyst. Juan Antonio Williamswas born in Colón, Panama, to Akin Jules Williams and Sharon Williams, who were both Panamanian. When he was a child his family moved to America. He graduated in 1972 from Oakwood Friends School in Poughkeepsie, New […]
learn more*George Grant was born on this date in 1847, he was a black inventor and dentist the first African American professor at Harvard. George Franklin Grant was born in Oswego, New York, to Phillis Pitt and Tudor Elanor Grant. Grant entered the Harvard School of Dental Medicine in 1868 and graduated in 1870. He then took a position in the department of mechanical […]
learn moreProfessional baseball owner Mike Veeck shares the factual story of his father’s support of Curt Floods quest for free agency
learn more*Prince Honeycutt was born on this date in 1852. He was a black barber and semi-pro baseball player. Prince Albert Honeycutt was born a slave in Tennessee. He ran away during the Civil War when he was 10 years old. He joined a unit from the Union Army wanting to serve as a drummer boy, […]
learn more*Kenneth Frazier was born on this date in 1954. He is an African American business executive. Kenneth Carleton Frazieris from North Philadelphia, his father, Otis, was a janitor and his mother died when he was twelve years old. He attended Julia R. Masterman Schooland Northeast High School. After graduating at age 16, he entered Pennsylvania State University. To make extra money […]
learn more*Viola Desmond was born on this date in 1914. She was a Black Canadian businesswoman and activist. Viola Desmond (née Davis) was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, one of ten children of James Albert and Gwendoline Irene (née Johnson) Davis. She grew up with parents who were active in the black community in Halifax. As a […]
learn more*Les Payne was born this date in 1941. He was an African American journalist and editor. Leslie Payne was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and grew up in Hartford, Connecticut. According to DNA analysis, he was descended in part from people from the African country, Cameroon. The first member of his family to attend college, Payne graduated from the University […]
learn moreCorporate attorney Cornell L. Moore shares some reasons why it is important for us donate more to our community
learn more*Simeon Booker was born on this date in 1918. He was an African American journalist. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the second of four children born to Simeon Saunders Booker, Sr. and his wife Roberta. moved with his family to Youngstown, Ohio, when he was five years old where, his father opened a YMCA for blacks. While a high school […]
learn more*On this date in 2018, Essence magazine was purchased by Richelieu Dennis a black Liberian businessman. By officially parted ways with Time Inc., it is a fully black-owned company for the first time in nearly two decades. Essence Ventures, a company launched last year by Sundial Brands co-founder Richelieu Dennis, announced that it had also acquired […]
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