South America – Venezuela
Ken Norton (1943-2013)
Kenneth Howard Norton was born on August 9, 1943 in Jacksonville, Illinois. An all-around athlete, Ken excelled in varsity track...
Henry Ossian Flipper (1856-1940)
Born near Thomasville, Georgia on March 21, 1856, Henry O. Flipper rose to prominence as the first African American graduate...
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
James Weldon Johnson, composer, diplomat, social critic, and civil rights activist, was born of Bahamian immigrant parents in Jacksonville, Florida...
