*Gloria Randle Scott was born on April 14, 1938. She is a Black educator and youth administrator. Gloria Dean was born and raised in Houston, Texas; in 1959, she became the first African American to receive a degree in zoology from Indiana University and a Ph.D. in Higher Education in 1965. Dean was president of […]
learn more*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. […]
learn more*On this date in 1849, we celebrate Colored School #4. This school was built in New York City as an early segregated education building for Black students. The former Colored School No. 4 is a three-story mid-block brick school building constructed in 1849-50 on West 17th Street in the Chelsea neighborhood. It is the only […]
learn more*Joan Howard was born on this date in 1848. She was a Black educator and principal. Joan Imogen Howard was born in Boston. Her father, Edwin Frederick Howard, was a well-known citizen of that City, and her mother, Joan Louise Turpin Howard, was a native of New York. She had one sister, Adeline Turpin Howard, […]
learn more*Dudley High School (North Carolina) is celebrated on this date in 1929. This is a four-year public high school located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Dudley High School was founded in 1929 as the first Black high school in Guilford County, in a school system segregated by law. The school was named after James Benson Dudley, […]
learn more*James Dudley was born on this date in 1859. He was a Black educator and administrator. James Benson Dudley was born into slavery; his parents were owned by Edward B. Dudley, the Governor of North Carolina from 1836 to 1841. Dudley took education to heart, affecting his approach for the rest of his life. Because […]
learn more*Susan Elizabeth Frazier was born on this date in 1864. She was a Black teacher and civic leader on women’s issues and African Americans’ rights and capacity. Susan Elizabeth Frazier was born in New York City to Helen Eldridge Frazier and Louis M. Frazier. She was the great-granddaughter of Black Revolutionary War Veteran Andrew Frazier. […]
learn moreHaki Madhabuti is a writer and publisher who supports the African American Registry. He emphasizes the critical value of donating to our work in his testimony.
learn more*Sarah J. Tompkins Garnet was born on this date in 1831. She was a Black educator and suffragist. Sarah J. Smith was born on the Shinnecock Reservation of Long Island. She was the daughter of Sylvanus and Anne Smith, both of African, Native American, and European heritage. She was the oldest of 11 children; her […]
learn moreDe Valera M. Botchway is a professor of history and pan-Africanist. In this segment, he recalls the history of a pan-African institution of higher learning in Africa.
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