[…] and blues style of the 1960s to introduce a more “soulful” upbeat sound to his work. He also performed duets with Williams, Jane Olivor, and Dionne Warwick, a move that was both critically and financially successful. Mathis, an avid golfer, has hosted a charity […] … Read MoreJohnny Mathis (1935- )
Dr. Rosalie Reddick Miller was the first African American woman dentist to practice in the state of Washington. She was born on December 29, 1925 in Waycross, Georgia. She attended the all-black public schools in Columbus, Georgia, and in 1946 received a B.A. from Fisk … Read More … Read MoreRosalie Reddick Miller (1925-2005)
[…] where he worked as a blacksmith. Here he learned to read and write and joined the Victoria Lodge of Masons. Southworth married Mary Cooper on June 16, 1873, and in 1880 they moved to Tidewater, near Waldport, where his wife died six years later. […] … Read MoreLou Southworth (ca. 1830-1917)
[…] community based on Christian values. In 1960, Smith made The Crowning Experience, a film about the life of the African American educator Mary McLeod Bethune. The film, one of the first with a multiracial cast of equal billing, was credited with helping to integrate […] … Read MoreMuriel Burrell Smith (1923-1985)
[…] Studies at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. He received his M.A. in Latin American Literature at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. He also attended the National War College in Washington, D.C. in 1995. Pierce speaks fluent Spanish, Turkish […] … Read MoreRoger Dwayne Pierce (1951- )
Xavier University is a private, four-year coeducational historically black university located in New Orleans, Louisiana; the campus is located one mile from downtown New Orleans. Xavier University is the only historically black college or university (HBCU) affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. Xavier was founded … Read More … Read MoreXavier University [New Orleans] (1915- )
[…] a view point, being a Negro herself.” Therefore we do ourselves and the Association honor when we honor our beautiful and beloved Mary White-Ovington, the founder and mother of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. We shall not recount the lives […] … Read More(1928) Beatrice Morrow Cannady Speaks to the NAACP
[…] was shot and killed instantly during the gun battle that broke out between white Harper’s Ferry townsmen and the rebels. According to Mary Lawson Newby, her husband, Dangerfield Newby, Jr. often told the story of how his father died: “He was a slave boy […] … Read MoreDangerfield F. Newby (1815-1859)
Naomi Osaka is a Japanese–Haitian professional tennis player. She is most famous for her upset victory over Serena Williams in the U.S. Open on September 8, 2018. Beginning her professional career in 2013, Osaka has made many significant achievements. In 2018, Osaka reached her highest singles world ranking as number … Read More … Read MoreNaomi Osaka (1997- )
[…] History and Culture, Washington, D.C. Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, Washington, D.C. Jacob Lawrence, the American Struggle, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts Mary McLeod Bethune Council House, Washington, D.C. Photos from the Civil Rights Movement, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia Portraits of African […] … Read MoreCOVID-19: Educational Resources During the Pandemic
