365 days of African American discoveries, inventions, medical and scientific breakthroughs, birthdays and major accomplishments.
Vivica Anjanetta Fox (born July 30, 1964) is an American actress, producer and television host.…
Henry Blair (1807–1860) was the second African American inventor to receive a patent. He was…
August 1, 2009 Naomi Ruth Sims, the first African American supermodel, died. Sims was born…
August 2, 1924 James Arthur Baldwin, novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and civil rights activist, was…
August 3, 1964 Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham, the third African American woman to go into space,…
August 4, 1961 Barack Hussein Obama II, the first African American President of the United…
Shirley Ann Jackson (born August 5, 1946) is an American physicist, and the 18th president…
August 6, 1919 John Merrick, entrepreneur and businessman, died. Merrick was born enslaved December 7,…
August 7, 1930 Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith were lynched in Marion, Indiana. Shipp and…
August 8, 2005 John Harold Johnson, publisher and businessman, died. Johnson was born January 19,…