365 days of African American discoveries, inventions, medical and scientific breakthroughs, birthdays and major accomplishments.
July 10, 1889 Noble Sissle, composer, lyricist, bandleader, and playwright, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.…
July 11, 1925 Mattiwilda Dobbs, coloratura soprano and one of the first black singers to…
July 12, 1887 The city of Mound Bayou, Mississippi was founded as an independent black…
July 13, 1863 The New York Draft Riots started. Initially intended to express anger at…
July 14, 1848 Walter “Wiley” Jones, one of the first wealthy African Americans in the…
July 15, 1864 Maggie Lena Walker, educator, businesswoman, and the first female bank president, was…
July 16, 1882, Violette Neatley Anderson, the first African American woman to practice before the…
July 17, 1944 The Port Chicago disaster occurred when an ammunition depot at Port Chicago,…
Calvin Peete (July 18, 1943 – April 29, 2015) was an American professional golfer. He…
Alice Ruth Moore, educator, author and social activist, was born on July 19, 1875 in…