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Edwin Corley Moses
Edwin Corley Moses is a former black track and field athlete who won 122 consecutive races and set the world record in the…
Month: November 2018
Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni, Jr.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. is a black poet and activist, who has won numerous awards, including the Langston Hughes Medal, the NAACP Image Award, and a Grammy Award for her…
George Irving Shirley
George Irving Shirley was the 1st black tenor to perform a leading role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City; 1960.
Clara McBride Hale
Clara McBride Hale was a black humanitarian who founded the Hale House Center, a home for unwanted children and children who were born addicted to drugs; 1969.
Lena Horne
Lena Horne was a black singer, dancer, actress who, in 1941, sang at Cafe Society during World War II and refused to perform for segregated audiences.
Unita Blackwell
Unita Blackwell 1st black woman mayor in Mississippi, 1976.
The Supremes
The Supremes, a back female singing group, became Motown's most successful act and the best charting group in U.S. history as well as…