May 5
May 5, 1905 The Chicago Defender was founded by Robert Sengstacke Abbott with a press…
May 6
May 6, 1812 Martin Robinson Delany, abolitionist and the first African American field officer in…
May 7
May 7, 1890 George Jordan received the Congressional Medal of Honor, America’s highest military decoration…
May 8
Lovie Lee Smith (born May 8, 1958) is an American football coach. He is the…
May 9
May 9, Canada Lee, pioneering stage, died. Lee was born Lionel Cornelius Canegata on March…
May 10
Henry Walton Bibb (May 10, 1815 in Cantalonia, Kentucky – 1854) was an American author…
May 11
May 11, 1981 Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley, singer and songwriter, died. Marley was born February…
May 12
May 12, 1951 Oscar Stanton De Priest, the first African American elected to Congress in…
May 13
The Lei Áurea (Portuguese pronunciation: [?lej ?aw?i?]; English: Golden Law), adopted on May 13, 1888, was…
May 14
Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.,born March 14, 1933, also known as “Q”, is an American record…