Educator Mary Church Terrell passes on this day in 1954. One of the first Black women to earn a college degree, Terrell became a major voice for civil rights and the women’s suffrage movement. She was the first Black person to serve on the District of Columbia Board of Education.
Scholar and University President Charles Johnson was born this day in 1893. He founded Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life, an academic journal published by the National Urban League.
Shakespearean actor and playwright Ira Aldridge was born on this day in 1807 to free Africans in New York City. Even as a free person being Black made it difficult to practice his trade. He moved to Europe where he gained fame and fortune as a great actor.
Jazz educator and musician Dr. Billy Taylor was born on this day in 1921.
Acclaimed French novelist Alexandre Dumas is born in France to Haitian Thomas Dumas and French woman Marie Labouret Dumas. Among his novels are the classics The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Man in the Iron Mask.
National Basketball Association (NBA) great Karl Malone is born on this day in 1963.
Barry Bonds, one of the greatest professional baseball players ever, is born on this day in Riverside, California in 1964.
Walter Carrington, lawyer and diplomat, is born in New York. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Senegal and Nigeria.
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