United States – North Carolina
Orison Rudolph Aggrey (1926-2016 )
U.S. Ambassador Orison Rudolph Aggrey was born in Salisbury, North Carolina, the son of James Emman Kwegyir, an African immigrant...
Charles Harvey (1860-1937)
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, in March 1860, Charles Henry Harvey was the youngest of nineteen children of Albert and Elsy...
Freedom Rides (1961)
Following the momentum of student-led sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina and Nashville, Tennesssee in early 1960, an interracial group of...
Eliza Ann Grier (1864-1902)
Eliza Ann Grier was born enslaved in Mecklenburg, County North Carolina in 1864 but along with her parents, Emily and...
Romare Bearden (1912-1988)
Romare Bearden was a twentieth century African American artist who specialized in paintings and collages and also produced works in...
Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
Born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri in 1928, she received the nickname “Maya” from her brother Baldwin. At the...
Benjamin Chavis Muhammad (1948- )
Born on January 22, 1948 as Benjamin Franklin Chavis, Jr. in the city of Oxford, North Carolina, Benjamin Chavis Muhammad...
James Edward O’Hara (1844-1905)
North Carolina congressman James O’Hara was born a free person in New York City to an Irish merchant and West...
“Sugar” Ray Leonard (1956- )
Ray Leonard was born on May 17, 1956 in Wilmington, North Carolina. At age 20 he captured a gold medal...
