December 25
Emanuel Stance (1843 – December 25, 1887) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United…
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December 26
December 26, 1999 Curtis Lee Mayfield, singer, songwriter and record producer, died. Mayfield was born…
December 27
December 27, 1939 John Amos, Jr., television, film and stage actor, was born in Newark,…
December 28
December 28, 1954 Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr., actor, director, and film producer, was born in…
December 29
On December 29, 1917 Thomas J. Bradley, the first African American Mayor of Los Angeles,…
December 30
On December 30, 1975 Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods, one of the most successful golfers of…
December 31
December 31, 1930 Odetta Holmes, singer, actress, songwriter, and human rights activist, was born in…
Whitney Moore Young
Whitney Moore Young A civil rights leader who urged African Americans to work within the…
Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) World Famous Poet Born in 1753 in Senegal, West Africa but sold…
Carter G. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson(1875-1950) Founder of Black History Month He was known as the father of…