365 days of African American discoveries, inventions, medical and scientific breakthroughs, birthdays and major accomplishments.
A noted academic and administrator, George Edward Alcorn, Jr. is a noted pioneer in the…
March 23, 1928 Channing E. Phillips, minister, social activist and the first African American placed…
March 24, 1907 Janet Harmon Waterford Bragg, the first African American female to hold a…
March 25, 1951 Oscar Devereaux Micheaux, author and film director, died. Micheaux was born January…
March 26, 1962 Augusta Fells Savage, Harlem Renaissance sculptor, died. Savage was born February 29,…
March 27, 1924 Sarah Lois Vaughan, jazz singer known as “The Divine One,” was born…
March 28, 1958 William Christopher “W.C.” Handy, blues composer and musician, died. Handy was born…
March 29, 1918 Pearl Mae Bailey, jazz vocalist and actress, was born in Southampton County,…
Amelia Bassano is the lady who is rumored to have wrote all of Shakespeare’s plays.…
March 31, 1797 Olaudah Equiano, seaman, merchant, explorer, and abolitionist, died. Equiano was born around…