Powhatan Beaty (October 8, 1837 – December 6, 1916) was an African American soldier and…

December 7, 1931 Comer Cottrell, businessman, was born in Mobile, Alabama. Cottrell graduated from the…

Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer,…

John Elroy Sanford (December 9, 1922 – October 11, 1991), known professionally as Redd Foxx,…

James Armistead Lafayette (December 10, 1760–August 9, 1830) was the first African American double spy.…

Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, singer and songwriter, was born in Ariton, Alabama. Thornton began…

Vincent Decosta Smith started a career that spanned half a century, as a painter Vincent…

Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally by his stage name Jamie Foxx,…

December 14, 1944 Second Lieutenant Charles Leroy Thomas led a task force in the capture…

December 15, 1987 Septima Poinsette Clark, “grandmother of the Civil Rights Movement,” died. Clark was…