*Carrie Saxon Perry was born on this date in, 1931. She was a Black politician. Carrie Saxon was born in Hartford, CT to David Saxon and Mabel Lee. She was primarily raised by her grandmother after her father left the family when she was only six months old. She graduated from Howard University with a […]
learn more*Sharon Pratt was born on this date in 1944. She is a Black lawyer, politician and administrator. From Washington D.C., she was born to D.C. Superior Court judge Carlisle Edward Pratt and Mildred “Peggy” (Petticord) Pratt. Three years later, a sister, Benaree, was born. After she lost her mother to breast cancer at an early […]
learn more*The birth of Adam Paine is celebrated on this date in 1843. He was a Black Seminole who served as a United States Army. Sometimes referred to as Adam Payne, he was born in Florida. Paine enlisted in the Army at Fort Duncan, Texas in November 1873, and joined other Black Seminoles known as the “Seminole-Negro Indian Scouts“. Col. R. S. Mackenzie’s […]
learn more*Carol Moseley Braun was born on this date in 1947. She is a Black diplomat, politician, and lawyer. Carol Elizabeth Moseley was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her father, Joseph J. Moseley, was a Chicago police officer and jail guard and her mother, Edna A. (Davie), was a medical technician in a hospital. Both her parents […]
learn more*The birth of Madame Yoko is celebrated on this date in 1849. Madam Yoko or Mammy Yoko was a leader of the Mende people in Sierra Leone. Madam Yoko, originally called Soma, was born in the Gbo Chiefdom. She changed her name to Yoko at her Sande initiation ceremony, during which time she became […]
learn more*”Duke” Slater was born on this date in 1898. He was a Black football player and judge. Frederick Wayman “Duke” Slater was born in Normal, Illinois, the son of George Slater, a Methodist minister. As a boy, he somehow picked up the name of the family dog, Duke, as a personal nickname, and he would carry it with him all […]
learn more*On this date in 1870, Black Seminole Scouts are remembered. Also known as the Seminole Negro Indian Scouts, or Seminole Scouts; they were commissioned by the United States Army between. Despite the name, the unit included both Black Seminoles and some Native Seminoles. However, because most of the Seminole scouts were of African descent, they were often attached to the Buffalo Soldier regiments to guide the troops through […]
learn more*On this date in 1952, Gebhart v. Belton was ruled. This was a case decided by the Delaware Court of Chancery and affirmed by the Delaware Supreme Court in the same year. Argued by Louis Redding, Gebhart was one of the five cases combined into Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 decision of the […]
learn more*Celes King III was born on this date in 1923. He was a Black administrator, pilot and activist. From Chicago, Illinois, as a child he developed a love of flying, while playing with wooden airplanes. He would ride his bike to the runway of the Chicago Municipal airport to watch the planes take off and […]
learn more*George Brown was born on this date in 1926. He was a Black politician. George Leslie Brown grew up on a farm in Lawrence, Kansas. He was a high school athlete in basketball, football and track before graduating from Lawrence Liberty Memorial High School in 1944. Brown graduated from the University of Kansas in […]
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