Year after year when we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s (pictured) legacy, Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech is often the most-celebrated. On…
Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr. Baptist minister and civil rights, activist, was born in Atlanta, GA. January 15, 1929. Dr. King led the first mass civil rights movement in the United States.
(April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) Coretta Scott King, activist and wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,was born in Marion, AL, on April 27,1927. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr.,Baptist minister and civil rights activist, was assassinated in Memphis, TN, on this date in 1968. James Earl Ray was convicted of his murder.
It has been a long time coming, but the story of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen during World War II is finally being told in a major, Hollywood motion picture, on the big screen. Roland Martin had a chance to talk with two of the stars of “Red Tails,” Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding, Jr., and […]
Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1954, the Reverend Alfred “Al” Sharpton has been preaching since age four. He was licensed and ordained at age nine. In 1971, he founded the National Youth Movement and for seventeen years led the organization, registering young people to vote and giving them job opportunities. His direct-action and civil […]
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. on January 17, 1942) is a retired American boxer. In 1999, Ali was crowned “Sportsman of the Century” by Sports Illustrated. He won the World Heavyweight Boxing championship three times, and won the North American Boxing Federation championship as well as an Olympic gold medal. Ali was born […]
Clifford Alexander,Jr.,the first Black Secretary of the U.S.Army. ************************************************************** In 1977, Clifford L. Alexander Jr. became the first African American Secretary of the Army. Throughout his career–as an attorney, businessman and public servant–Alexander has worked to improve living and working conditions for minorities and women. He played a role in the passage of the 1964 […]
Benard A. Harris,Jr. officially became a NASA astronaut in 1991.Harris had previously served as a NASA clinical scientist and flight surgeon.
Archibald T.Carey,Jr. , lawyer,judge,politician,diplomat and clergy-man, and the first Black to be appointed Chair of the President’s Committee on Government Employment Policy.Carey was appointed by President Dwight D.Eisenhower. He also served as an alternate delegate to the United Nations from 1953 to 1956.
