March 16
March 16, 1877 Thomas Wyatt Turner, biologist, educator and civil rights activist, was born in…
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March 17
March 17, 1806 Norbert Rillieux, engineer and inventor, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. As…
March 18
March 18, 1939 Thomas Jason Burrell, advertising executive, was born in Chicago, Illinois. Burrell earned…
March 19
March 19, 1894 Loretta Mary Aiken (Jackie “Moms” Mabley), stand-up comedienne, was born in Brevard,…
March 20
March 20, 1957 Shelton Jackson “Spike” Lee, film director, producer, and writer, was born in…
March 21
March 21, 1865 Anthony Overton, the first African American to lead a major business conglomerate,…
March 22
A noted academic and administrator, George Edward Alcorn, Jr. is a noted pioneer in the…
March 23
March 23, 1928 Channing E. Phillips, minister, social activist and the first African American placed…
March 24
March 24, 1907 Janet Harmon Waterford Bragg, the first African American female to hold a…
March 25
March 25, 1951 Oscar Devereaux Micheaux, author and film director, died. Micheaux was born January…