*Philip Freelon was born on this date in 1953. He was an African American architect. Born and raised in Philadelphia, his family was made up of artists, educators, and inventors and he too developed a lifelong love for the arts and culture. Harlem Renaissance-era painter Allan Randall Freelon, Sr, his grandfather, helped kindle his awareness of the physical world and […]
learn more*The birth Jules Lion in circa 1809 is celebrated on this date. He was a black photographer. Lion was born in France of mixed heritage and listed as a free man of color (F M C) in the New Orleans City Directory. He introduced the daguerreotype photographic technic to New Orleans and established himself as outstanding […]
learn moreAgri-Business owner, activist and educator Princess Titus shares her views on what she loves about the African American community.
learn more*Tony Lip was born on this date in 1930. He was a white Italian American actor, chauffer, bodyguard and occasional author. Born Frank Anthony Vallelonga, he was from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, the son of Italian parents, Nazarena and Nicholas Vallelonga. His family moved to the Bronx when he was an infant, and he grew up on 215th Street near the boyhood […]
learn more*Victor Green was born on this date in 1892. He was an African American postal employee and publisher. Born in Manhattan, New York City, Victor Hugo Green was named for the noted French author. He was the eldest of three children of Alice A. and William H. Green. His family moved, and he grew up in Hackensack, New Jersey. In 1913, Green began […]
learn moreCollege president Dr. Adena Williams Loston share her advice to youth interested in a career in business management
learn more*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, […]
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