United States – Massachusetts
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...
Lewis Henry Douglass (1840-1908)
Lewis Henry Douglass was an Army veteran, journalist, printer, and community activist who fought against racial inequality in America. A...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950- )
Henry Louis Gates Jr. is an award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, and cultural critic. He was born on September 16,...
Carolyn Finney (1959-)
Carolyn M. Finney, storyteller, actress, columnist, environmental advocate, and geographer who focuses on cultural awareness, competency, race, gender, and the...
Hobart Sidney Jarrett (1915-2005)
Dr. Hobart Sidney Jarrett (1915-2005) was a respected scholar, educator, and leader in Black community organizations. His contributions to African...
