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Walter Fitzgerald Jerrick (1894-1953)
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” Walter Fitzgerald Jerrick, prominent Philadelphia, Pennsylvania physician and founder of The Pyramid Club was born in...
Tone Johnson Jr. (1944– )
Tone Johnson, medical doctor, Vietnam hero, and civic leader was born on November 9, 1944 to Lyzer (Elizabeth) Marks Johnson...
Myles Anderson Paige (1898-1983)
Myles Anderson Paige, the first African American to be appointed a New York City Criminal Court Judge, was born on...
Alonzo Franklin Herndon (1858–1927)
Alonzo Franklin Herndon was an African American entrepreneur who founded and was the first president of Atlanta Life Insurance Company. ...
Charles S. Johnson (1893-1956)
Charles Spurgeon Johnson, one of the leading 20th century black sociologists, was born in Bristol, Virginia on July 24, 1893....
Samuel Lee Gravely (1922-2004)
Samuel Lee Gravely Jr. was a highly decorated Navy officer who pioneered the way with a multitude of firsts for...
William Warrick Cardozo (1905-1962)
William Warrick Cardozo, physician, and pediatrician, was a pioneer investigator of sickle cell anemia and a leader in medical research...
Lenny Wilkens (1937- )
Leonard Randolph (Lenny) Wilkens was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 28, 1937, son of an African American father...
Maynard H. Jackson Jr. (1938-2003)
The great-grandson of slaves, Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. was born in Dallas, Texas, on March 23, 1938. His father, Maynard...
