May 25
May 25, 1849 Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins, autistic savant and piano music prodigy, was born…
May 26
May 26, 1907 Elizabeth Keckley, personal dressmaker and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, died. Keckley…
May 27
May 27, 1970 Mara Brock Akil, television writer and producer, was born in Los Angeles,…
May 28
May 28, 1971 Ora Mae Washington, considered by many the finest female athlete of…
May 29
May 29, 1973 Thomas J. Bradley became the first African American Mayor of Los Angeles,…
May 30
May 30, 1902 Stepin Fetchit, comedian and film actor, was born Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew…
May 31
May 31, 1921 The Tulsa Race War in the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma occurred,…
June 1
John Marshall Harlin (Born June 1, 1833, Boyle County, Ky., U.S.—died Oct. 14, 1911, Washington,…
June 2
June 2, 1907 Dorothy West, novelist and short story writer, was born in Boston, Massachusetts.…
June 3
June 3, 1897 Memphis Minnie, blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, was born Lizzie Douglas in…