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Floyd Leroy Williams (1939- )
Mathematician Floyd Leroy Williams was born on September 20, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended his local schools, and...
Lyman S. Parks (1917-2009)
Lyman S. Parks was the first African American mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan, serving in the role from 1971 to...
Al Green (1948- )
Al Green, born on April 13, 1948, in Forrest City, Arkansas, is known as one of the great rhythm and...
Annie E. Brown (1862-1918)
Annie E. Brown gained fame as a Methodist Episcopal evangelist in the late 1800s and early 1900s, earning a national...
Katie Geneva Cannon (1950-2018)
Rev. Dr. Katie Cannon was the first African American woman to be ordained into the United Presbyterian USA denomination. Rev. Cannon was...
Noel C. Taylor (1924-1998)
Noel C. Taylor became the first African American mayor of Roanoke, Virginia. He held office from 1976 to 1992, and was the city’s...
Solomon Burke (1940-2010)
Solomon Burke was a minister and renowned singer of Rhythm & Blues and Soul music with a career stretching from the 1950s to...
Rev. Mineo Katagiri (1919-2005)
Political activist Reverend Mineo Katagiri was born in Haleiwa, Hawaii on August 1, 1919. He graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1941 and...
Dovey Johnson Roundtree (1914–2018)
Born Dovey Mae Johnson on April 17, 1914, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Dovey Johnson Roundtree was an African American civil rights activist, attorney, and...
