365 days of African American discoveries, inventions, medical and scientific breakthroughs, birthdays and major accomplishments.
Ruth Alston Weston Brown (January 12, 1928 – November 17, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and…
November 18, 1905 Harry Tyson Moore, teacher and civil rights pioneer, was born in Houston,…
November 19, 1958 Annette Gordon-Reed, the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for…
November 20, 1976 Dominique Margaux Dawes, the first African American female gymnast to win an…
William Boyd Allison Davis (October 14, 1902 – November 21, 1983) was an American educator, anthropologist, writer,…
November 22, 1995 Johnnie Tillmon Blackston, welfare reformer, died. Blackston was born April 10, 1926…
November 23, 1897 Andrew Jackson Beard received patent number 594,059 for his improved rail coupler…
November 24, 1868 Scott Joplin, composer and pianist, was born near Texarkana, Texas. At eleven…
November 25, 1912 John Herman Henry Sengstacke, newspaper publisher, was born in Savannah, Georgia. As…
On this date in November 26, 1985, Vivien Theodore Thomas, surgical technician and animal surgeon…