August 9
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress,…
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August 10
Anna Julia Haywood Cooper (August 10, 1858 – February 27, 1964) was an American author,…
August 11
Free Frank McWorter, the first African American to incorporate a municipality in the United States,…
August 12
Ophelia DeVore (August 12, 1922 – February 28, 2014) was an American businesswoman, publisher, and…
August 13
The Brownsville Affair started when a white bartender was killed and a white police officer…
August 14
Herman Russell Branson, physicist and president of two colleges, was born in Pocahontas, Virginia. Branson…
August 15
Bridget “Biddy” Mason, nurse, real estate entrepreneur and philanthropist, was born enslaved in Hancock County,…
August 16
Louis Emanuel Lomax was born in Valdosta, Georgia, on August 16, 1922. He was born…
August 17
Archibald Henry Grimke, lawyer, journalist, diplomat, and community leader, was born enslaved in Charleston, South…