April 20
With passage of the Third Force Act, popularly known as the Ku Klux Act, Congress…
With passage of the Third Force Act, popularly known as the Ku Klux Act, Congress…
George Washington Murray, former Congressman and inventor, died. Murray was born enslaved on September 22,…
LYNCHBURG, Tenn. — every year, about 275,000 people tour the Jack Daniel’s distillery here, and…
Henry T. Thomas Sampson, Jr. (born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1934, died January 10,2018, in…
Djimon Gaston Hounsou, actor and model, was born in Cotonou, Benin. Hounsou made his film…
Lenora Branch Fulani (born April 25, 1950) is an American psychologist, psychotherapist, and political activist.…
Jesse Eugene Russell (born April 26, 1948) is an African American inventor. Trained as an…
August Wilson, playwright, was born Frederick August Kittel, Jr. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Wilson dropped out…
1938 Madge Dorita Walters Sinclair, actress, was born in Kingston, Jamaica. Sinclair was a teacher…
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, pianist, composer, and big band leader, was born in Washington, D.C.…