May 9
May 9, Canada Lee, pioneering stage, died. Lee was born Lionel Cornelius Canegata on March…
Monthly Archives: May, 2017
May 10
Henry Walton Bibb (May 10, 1815 in Cantalonia, Kentucky – 1854) was an American author…
May 11
May 11, 1981 Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley, singer and songwriter, died. Marley was born February…
May 12
May 12, 1951 Oscar Stanton De Priest, the first African American elected to Congress in…
May 13
The Lei Áurea (Portuguese pronunciation: [?lej ?aw?i?]; English: Golden Law), adopted on May 13, 1888, was…
May 14
Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.,born March 14, 1933, also known as “Q”, is an American record…
May 15
May 15, 1890 William McBryar received the Congressional Medal of Honor, America’s highest military decoration,…
May 16
May 16, 1929 John Conyers, Jr., the longest serving black Congressman in the United States…
May 17
May 17, 1979 Henrietta Bradberry, inventor, died. Bradberry was born in Franklin, Kentucky, but…
May 18
May 18, 1896 The Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Plessy…