Black History Everyday

Mickalene Thomas born 1971. Queer visual artist.

James Van Der Zee 1883-1986. Harlem Renaissance photographer.

Ora Washington 1899-1971. AKA “Queen of two courts”. Played basketball and tennis.

Lucy Diggs Slowe 1885-1937 first Black woman to serve as Dean of Women at any American university. Also a founder of Alpha Kappa…

Bobby Rivers born 1954 in 1979 became the city of Milwaukee’s first Black film critic on tv.

Scottsboro Boys 9 boys and men falsely accused of rape in Alabama in 1931.

Qween Jean founder of Black Trans liberation.