United States – Massachusetts
Philip B. Downing (1857-1934)
During the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century, Philip Bell Downing successfully filed at least five patents with the...
Lonnie Griffith Bunch III (1952- )
Historian and curator Lonnie Griffith Bunch III, born on November 18, 1952, in Newark, New Jersey, is a distinguished scholar...
Nate Archibald (1948- )
Nathaniel “Nate” Archibald is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) player who spent 14 seasons as a point guard with...
Michelle Robinson Obama (1964- )
On January 20, 2009, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama made history as the first African American First Lady of the United...
Mary Annette Anderson (1874-1922)
Professor Mary Annette Anderson was born on July 27, 1874, in Shoreham, Vermont, to William John Anderson, a formerly enslaved...
Francis Cecil Sumner (1895-1954)
Francis Sumner, a scientist, professor, and Sergeant in the United States Army, 808th Pioneers in World War I, was the...
Marie Van Brittan Brown (1922-1999)
Marie Van Brittan Brown was the inventor of the first home security system. She is also credited with the invention...
K.C. Jones (1932-2020)
K.C. Jones was an American basketball coach for the National Basketball League (NBA). Jones was born on May 25, 1932,...
Maria Louise Baldwin (1856-1922)
Maria Louise Baldwin, a pioneering educator, made history in 1881 by becoming a teacher at the Louis Agassiz School, an...
