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Daniel A. P. Murray (1852-1925)
Daniel A. P. Murray was born on March 3, 1852 in Baltimore, Maryland. At the age of nine he left...
Alvin F. Poussaint (1934- )
Alvin Poussaint was born in East Harlem in New York City on May 15, 1934. After graduating from Stuyvesant High...
Bob Marley (1945-1981)
Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945, on his grandfather Omeriah Malcolm’s farm in the rural interior of...
Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005)
Constance Baker Motley was born on September 14, 1921, in New Haven, Connecticut. She was the ninth child in a...
Paule Marshall (1929-2019)
Valenza Pauline Burke, later known as Paule Marshall, was born on April 9, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York. She was...
Congressional Black Caucus (1971- )
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) was established in 1971, although its roots go back to the Democratic Select Committee (DSC). ...
Robert L. Carter (1917-2012)
Robert L. Carter, the youngest child in a family of eight children, was born in Careyville, Florida in 1917. His...
A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. (1928-1998)
Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr., who eventually served on the United States Court of Appeals, was born in Trenton, New Jersey,...
