United States – Georgia
Lucean Arthur Headen (1879-1957)
Lucean Arthur Headen was an African American inventor, entrepreneur, and aviator, born on August 26, 1879, in Carthage, North Carolina,...
Andrew Young (1932- )
Andrew Young, Jr. is a celebrated civil rights leader, diplomat, politician, and humanitarian. Born on March 12, 1932, in New...
Larry Holmes (1949–)
Larry Holmes is a former professional boxer. He was born on November 3, 1949, to John and Flossie Holmes in...
Robert “Bobby” Hall (?- 1943)
Robert “Bobby” Hall was an African American mechanic and World War II veteran who was killed by Baker County, Georgia...
Charles Carl Teamer, Sr. (1933- )
Charles Carl Teamer, Sr., was born to B.T. Teamer and Mary Teamer on May 20, 1933, in Shelby, North Carolina....
William Conan Davis (1926-2022)
Scientist, inventor, and activist William Conan Davis, the first African American to earn a doctorate from the University of Idaho,...
The 1956 Sugar Bowl Football Game Controversy (1956)
The 1956 Sugar Bowl Football Game Controversy stemmed from a college bowl game played between the Georgia Tech University Yellow...
Floyd Adams Jr. (1945-2014)
Floyd Adams Jr. made history as the first African American to be elected mayor of Savannah, Georgia’s oldest city. Adams...
James Usry (1922-2002)
The first African American major of Atlantic City, James Leroy Usry, was born February 2, 1922, in Athens, Georgia. Shortly...
