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James Armistead Lafayette (December 10, 1760–August 9, 1830) was the first African American double spy. An African American slave, Armistead…
Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, singer and songwriter, was born in Ariton, Alabama. Thornton began to sing at a very…
Vincent Decosta Smith started a career that spanned half a century, as a painter Vincent Smith documented in brilliant color…
Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally by his stage name Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer,…
December 14, 1944 Second Lieutenant Charles Leroy Thomas led a task force in the capture of Climbach, France during World…
December 15, 1987 Septima Poinsette Clark, “grandmother of the Civil Rights Movement,” died. Clark was born May 3, 1898 in…
Roscoe L. Koontz (December 16, 1922 – May 17, 1997) was an American Health Physicist. Trained as one of the…
Queen Anna Nzinga (c. 1583 – December 17, 1663), also known as Njinga Mbande or Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande,[1]…