United Airlines executive Brett Jonah Hart was born on March 22, 1969 and raised in the small town of Cassopolis, Michigan where his parents were both self-employed at their own companies. In his youth, he spent his summers working on construction sites with his contractor … Read MoreBrett Jonah Hart (1969- )
Antoine M. Garibaldi is currently Grand Sire Archon (Chairman) of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, the oldest predominantly Black Greek-letter organization in the world. He began his term on August 22, 2022. Prior to that he served as the University of Detroit Mercy’s 25th President from … Read MoreAntoine M. Garibaldi (1950- )
Joseph Bernard Rogers was a Republican politician who served as the 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. Rogers was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 8, 1964, to Joe Louis and Lola Marie Rogers. His parents divorced in 1966, and his mother moved to Denver, Colorado. … Read MoreJoseph Bernard Rogers (1964-2013)
Norman C. Francis is the longest-seated university president in the United States. Born March 20, 1931, in Lafayette, Louisiana, Francis was one of five children of a barber, Joseph A. and Mabel F. Francis. Francis attended St. Paul Catholic elementary and secondary schools. After graduating … Read MoreNorman C. Francis (1931- )
“Hill” Harper is an actor, author, and lawyer, best known for his roles on television shows CSI:NY and The Good Doctor. Harper was born in Iowa City, Iowa on May 17, 1966. His father, Harry D. Harper, II, is a psychiatrist and his mother, Marilyn … Read MoreFrancis Eugene “Hill” Harper (1966- )
John H. Vassall, MD is an internal medicine physician in Seattle, Washington. Born in Brooklyn, New York to Victoria and John Vassall, immigrants from St. Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, he was educated entirely at public schools and universities. After graduation from Brooklyn Technical High School he … Read MoreJohn H. Vassall (1950- )
John Brooks Slaughter is an electrical engineer, retired university president, college professor, and the first African American to serve as the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Slaughter was born on March 16, 1934 in Topeka, Kansas to Reuben Brooks Slaughter, a laborer, and … Read MoreJohn Brooks Slaughter (1934- )
On June 9, 2020, four-star general Charles “CQ” Brown Jr. was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the be the Air Force’s representative on the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), thus becoming the first African American to both head a branch of the military … Read MoreCharles Quinton Brown Jr. (1962- )
Justin Edward Fairfax is a lawyer and politician, and the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. Fairfax was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 17, 1979, but was raised in Northeast Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of DeMatha Catholic High School, in Hyattsville, Maryland. He … Read MoreJustin Edward Fairfax (1979- )
Joseph Echols Lowery was an American minister in the United Methodist Church and a founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. Lowery was born on October 6, 1921 to Leroy and Dora Lowery in Huntsville, Alabama. Because … Read MoreJoseph Echols Lowery (1921-2020)
