*Abbie Voorhies was born on this date in 1915. She was a Black nurse and military officer. Abbie Edith Voorhies was born in Louisiana and graduated from Kansas City General Hospital Nursing School in Missouri. Her first job was with Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. She said she joined the military after hearing that […]
learn more*Jessie G. Garnett was born on this date in 1897. She was a Black Canadian dentist and activist. She was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Her mother was a seamstress, and her father died when she was a child. At eleven, she moved to the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston with her mother, two older sisters, […]
learn more*Edwin Howard was born on this date in 1846. He was a Black doctor and medical administrator. Born in Boston, MA., Edwin C.J.T. Howard’s parents were Edwin Howard and Joanna Turpin. He was the brother of educator Joan Imogen Howard. He attended Boston Latin School from 1861 to 1865. He studied at Liberia College in […]
learn more*Raymond Cannon was born on January 28, 1892. He was a Black pharmacist and lawyer. Raymond Winfield Cannon was from Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. He was the youngest of three sons of Mack Oliver Cannon and Mattie Belle Boone. By 1900, the family lived in Minneapolis, where Cannon was a 1912 Minneapolis Central High School […]
learn more*Harold Moody was born on October 8, 1882. He was an Afro Caribbean physician and activist. Harold Arundel Moody was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and Moody was the son of pharmacist Charles Ernest Moody and his wife Christina Emmeline Ellis. He completed his secondary education at Wolmer’s Schools. In 1904, he sailed to the United […]
learn more*Henry Callis was born on this date in 1887. He was a Black physician. Henry Arthur Callis was born in Rochester, New York, and attended Cornell University and Rush Medical College. He became a physician and worked as a medical consultant at the Veterans’ Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. He was a professor of medicine at […]
learn more*Charlene Drew Jarvis was born on this date in 1941. She is a Black educator, a scientific researcher, and a politician. From Washington, D.C., Charlene Rosella Drew) is the daughter of Charles Drew and the sister of Sylvia Drew Ivie. Jarvis earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College in 1962, a Master of […]
learn more*The birth of Arthur Logan is celebrated on February 21 c. 1905. He was a Black surgeon. Arthur C. Logan was the youngest of nine children born in Tuskegee, Alabama. His father was Warren Logan, and his mother was Adele Hunt Logan. He came from a family known for valuing education and decorum to transcend […]
learn more*Benjamin Covington’s birth is celebrated on this date in 1869. He was a Black doctor, teacher, and community activist. Benjamin Jesse Covington was born in Marlin, Texas, to formerly enslaved parents Ben and Georgiana Covington. He spent much of his early life working on a farm in Marlin, and his aptitude for surgical procedures flourished […]
learn more*Patricia Banks was born on this date in 1937. She is a retired Black flight attendant, administrator, and counselor. Patricia Noisette Banks was born to parents Sadie and Joseph Banks in New York City. She graduated from Aquinas High School in 1955. Banks Edmiston attended Queens College for a year to study psychology. While attending, […]
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