March 21
Anthony Overton the first African American to lead a major business conglomerate, was born enslaved…
Monthly Archives: June, 2017
March 22
Dr. Joy McDaniel has pioneered research leading to a breakthrough in triple negative breast cancer,…
March 23
Channing E. Phillips, minister, social activist and the first African American placed in nomination for…
March 24
Janet Harmon Waterford Bragg, the first African American female to hold a commercial pilot license,…
March 25
Lillian Elaine Fishburne, the first African American female to hold the rank of rear admiral…
March 26
Diana Ross, singer and actress, was born in Detroit, Michigan. In 1959, Ross joined The…
March 27
Sarah Lois Vaughan, jazz singer known as “The Divine One,” was born in Newark, New…
March 28
Benjamin Elijah Mays, minister, educator, scholar and social activist, died. Mays was born August 1,…
March 29
John Hope Franklin, one of the nation’s leading historians, is the only African American who…
March 30
Amelia Bassano (Lanier)is the lady who wrote all of Shakespeare’s plays, during this time no…