January 5
January 5, 1931 Alvin Ailey, Jr., choreographer and activist, was born in Rogers, Texas. Ailey…
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January 6
January 6, 1968 John Daniel Singleton, film director, screenwriter, and producer, was born in Los…
January 7
January 7, 1941 Frederick Drew Gregory, the first African American to pilot a space shuttle,…
January 8
January 8, 1811 The German Coast Uprising, a slave revolt that took place in…
January 9
January 9, 1923 of Fort Bragg, California received patent number 1,441,383 for a brake…
January 10
January 10, 1949 George Edward Foreman, hall of fame boxer, was born in Marshall, Texas.…
January 11
January 11, 1971 Mary Jane Blige, singer, record producer and “Queen of Hip Hop Soul,”…
January 12
January 12, 1920 James L. Farmer, Jr., civil rights activist, was born in Marshall, Texas.…
January 13
January 13, 1970 Shonda Rhimes, screenwriter, director, and producer, was born in Chicago, Illinois. Rhimes…
January 14
January 14, 1972 The television situation comedy “Sanford and Son” debuted on NBC. The show…