An accomplished organic analytical chemist, Dr. Betty Wright Harris is widely recognized as a leading expert on explosives, environmental remediation, and hazardous waste treatment. In 1986, she patented a simple and extremely sensitive spot test for the presence of 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB). Her innovation allowed the military and private … Read MoreBetty Wright Harris (1940- )
Owen Monconduit is a retired brigadier general in the United States Army, who, in 2009, became the first African American to be promoted to the rank of general in the Louisiana National Guard. Monconduit, a native of Pineville, Louisiana, joined the National Guard in 1980 as part … Read MoreOwen Monconduit (1961- )
John Kermit Haynes, biologist and academic administrator, is most famous for discovering methods for the detection and treatment of sickle cell anemia. Haynes was born on October 30, 1943, in Monroe, Louisiana. His father, John Kermit Haynes Sr., was a local business owner and a high school principal … Read MoreJohn K. Haynes (1943- )
Russel L. Honoré is a three-star general known for his relief work during Hurricane Katrina. He was born in Lakeland, Louisiana, during a hurricane in 1947 to farmers Lloyd Honoré and Eudell St. Armant Honoré. As one of twelve children, Honoré became the first in his family to attend … Read MoreRussel L. Honoré (1947- )
In 2005, Henry Glover was a resident of Algiers, New Orleans, Louisiana. He survived Hurricane Katrina, only to be brutally murdered by a New Orleans Police officer just days after the storm. According to Glover’s fiancée, Rolanda Short, on the morning of September 2, 2005, Glover and … Read MoreHenry Glover (1974-2005)
The 1895 New Orleans Dockworkers Riot was a racially motivated attack on non-union black dockworkers by white dockworkers and their sympathizers. The riot occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana from March 9 through 12, 1895 and marked the end of nearly 15 years of bi-racial union cooperation and union power … Read MoreNew Orleans Dockworkers Riot (1894-1895)
Antoine “Fats” Domino, an early rock and roll musician, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 26, 1928, to Antoine Domino, a former plantation worker, and Donatile Gros, a Creole of light complexion. Fats, as he was soon called because of his weight, was raised in a … Read MoreAntoine “Fats” Domino (1928-2017)
Eula Mae Love’s tragic death made history on the evening of January 3rd, 1979, in the front yard of her home, in the West Athens area of South Los Angeles, California. She died at the hands of two Los Angeles Police Department officers, Lloyd O’Callaghan (white) and Edward … Read MoreEula Mae Love (1939-1979)
Wendell Allen, a 20-year old black male, was fatally shot on March 7, 2012 by New Orleans police officer Joshua Colclough during a drug raid in that city. Officer Colclough fired a single bullet into Allen’s chest, killing him instantly. Allen was the son of Natasha Allen … Read MoreWendell James Allen (1992-2012)
The first African American pilot hired by a commercial passenger airline carrier owed his achievement to Marlon D. Green who fought a six-year court battle that opened the industry to minority-race aviators. Born on June 6, 1929 in El Dorado, Arkansas, one of the five … Read MoreMarlon DeWitt Green (1929-2009)
