October 2
October 2, 1981 Hazel Dorothy Scott, jazz and classical pianist and singer, died. Scott was…
October 3
October 3, 1954 Alfred Charles “Al” Sharpton, Jr., minister, civil rights activist, White House adviser…
October 4
October 4, 1942 Bernice Johnson Reagon, singer, composer, scholar, and social activist, was born in…
October 5
October 5, 1929 Autherine Juanita Lucy, the first black student to attend the University of…
October 6
October 6, 1955 Anthony Kevin “Tony” Dungy, the first African American head coach to win…
October 7
October 7, 1857 Moses Fleetwood Walker, the first African American to play major league baseball,…
October 8
October 8, 2004 Wangari Muta Maathai became the first African woman and environmentalist to win…
October 9
October 9, 1894 Eugene Jacques Bullard, the only black pilot in World War I, was…
October 10
October 10, 1927 Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown, nurse, educator, and the first black female general in…
October 11
October 11, 1956 Debra Martin Chase, lawyer and movie producer, was born in Great Lakes,…