365 days of African American discoveries, inventions, medical and scientific breakthroughs, birthdays and major accomplishments.
December 7, 1942 Reginald F. Lewis, lawyer and entrepreneur, was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Lewis…
December 8, 1908 William Harvey Carney, Medal of Honor recipient, died. Carney was born enslaved…
December 9, 1919 Roy Rudolph DeCarava, photographer, was born in Harlem, New York. DeCarava determined…
December 10, 1854 Edwin C. Berry, businessman, was born in Oberlin, Ohio, but raised in…
December 11, 1916 John Edward Bush, co-founder of the Mosaic Templars of America (MTA), died.…
December 12, 1912 Henry Jackson, Jr. (Henry Armstrong), the first boxer to hold world…
December 13, 2009 Dale Raymond Wright, award-winning and barrier-breaking journalist, died. Wright was born July…
December 14, 1939 Ernest Davis, the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy, was…
December 15, 1987 Septima Poinsette Clark, “grandmother of the Civil Rights Movement,” died. Clark was…
December 16, 1987 Minnie Evans, folk artist, died. Evans was born December 12, 1892 in…