Knowledge is Power
Joe Gans (November 25, 1874 – August 10, 1910) – Was born Joseph Gant in Baltimore, Maryland. – Gans was rated as the greatest lightweight boxer of all time by boxing historian and Ring Magazine founder, Nat Fleischer and was known as the “Old Master”. – He started boxing professionally about 1891 in Baltimore. In […]
Bob Marley February 1945 – Robert Nesta Marley is born at Nine Miles, St. Ann’s, Jamaica. Son of Norval Sinclair Marley, a fifty-something Liverpool-born captain in the British Army, and the teenage Cedalla Booker. This birthdate is believed to be the correct although no birth certificate has ever been found. December 1962 – Marley, having […]
Lena Horne (June 1917- May 2010) 1917 – Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was born on June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York in a small Jewish Hospital. Her parents were Edna Scottron Horne and Edwin “Teddy” Horne. 1919 – October 1919, Lena Horne was the youngest member of the NAACP. Lena’s photo appeared […]
William Henry Hastie 1904-1976 ~ Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, to William Henry and Roberta (Child) Hastie on November 17, 1904 ~ From 1941 to 1943, William H. Hastie served as civilian aide to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson ~ He later was elected president of Amherst’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter. […]
The 1960 Civil Rights Act was born towards the end of 1958. ~Eisenhower introduced another civil rights bill in late 1958, which was his reaction to a violent outbreak of bombings against churches and schools in the South. ~The bill became an act in 1960 as both parties were fighting for the ‘Black Vote’. ~The […]
~Moneta J. Sleet, Jr. (1926 – 1996) ~The father of three children. ~First black American to win a Pulitzer Prize in photography. ~Born in Owensboro, Kentucky. ~Joined Ebony Magazine as staff photographer. ~Photographed Kwame Nkrumah at the moment of Ghana’s independence. ~Gained an Overseas Press Club Citation in 1957. ~He received numerous awards including the […]
Septima Poinsette Clark ~ Born on May 3, 1898 in Charleston South Carolina. ~ A graduate of the Avery Normal Insititute in Charleston ~ Earned a bachelor’s degree at Benedict College. ~ Earned a masters degree from Hampton Institute in Virginia. ~ Civil rights activist. ~ In 1979 awarded the Living Legacy Award from […]
Widow of the Last ‘Scottsboro Boy’ Dies Date: Thursday, April 29, 2010, The NAACP announced funeral services for Melba Norris, the widow of Clarence Norris – the last survivor of the “Scottsboro Boys.” Mrs. Norris died April 24 at the age of 82. “On behalf of everyone at the NAACP, we extend our deepest condolences […]
Robert C. Maynard He bought the Oakland Tribune on this date in 1983 .Maynard was the first black to own a major daily metropolitan newspaper. He was the co-founder of the Institute for Journalism Education December 1993, following Maynard’s death, the Institute was renamed and is now called the Robert C. Maynard Institute […]
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, legendary composer and bandleader, was born in Washington, DC, on this date in 1899.Ellington is famous for his songs: “Take the A Train”, ”Mood Indigo””, and “I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good” among others. He was commemorated on a U.S postage stamp on this date in 1986.