365 days of African American discoveries, inventions, medical and scientific breakthroughs, birthdays and major accomplishments.
March 13, 2011 The Cowtown/Work to Ride polo team out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania became the…
March 13, 1911 James Theodore Holly, missionary and the first African American Bishop in the…
March 14, 1977 Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer, voting rights activist and civil rights leader, died.…
Born Harriet E. “Hattie” Adams in Milford, New Hampshire, she was the mixed-race daughter of…
March 16, 1877 Thomas Wyatt Turner, biologist, educator and civil rights activist, was born in…
March 17, 1806 Norbert Rillieux, engineer and inventor, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. As…
March 18, 1939 Thomas Jason Burrell, advertising executive, was born in Chicago, Illinois. Burrell earned…
March 19, 1894 Loretta Mary Aiken (Jackie “Moms” Mabley), stand-up comedienne, was born in Brevard,…
March 20, 1957 Shelton Jackson “Spike” Lee, film director, producer, and writer, was born in…
March 21, 1865 Anthony Overton, the first African American to lead a major business conglomerate,…