United States – Michigan

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,...
March 11th, 2025

Amos O’Neal (1961- )
Michigan State Representative Amos O’Neal was born on July 17, 1961, in Saginaw, Michigan. He attended Saginaw Public Schools and...
February 15th, 2025

Super Bowl 41 (2007)
Super Bowl 41 was the first Super Bowl contest pitting teams led by two African American coaches, Tony Dungy, of...
February 3rd, 2025

James A. Sharp, Jr. (1933-2023)
The first popularly elected African American mayor of Flint, Michigan, James A. Sharp, Jr. was born in New York City...
February 2nd, 2025

Kenneth E. Reeves (1951- )
Kenneth E. Reeves, the first African American Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was born Kenneth Errol Reeves in Detroit, Michigan, on...
January 17th, 2025

Rex Richardson (1983- )
The first African American mayor of Long Beach, California, Rex Richardson was born at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois...
January 16th, 2025

William A. Johnson, Jr. (1942- )
William A. Johnson Jr., the first African American mayor of Rochester, New York, was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on August...
January 13th, 2025

Betty Carter (1929-1998)
Jazz singer Betty Carter was born Lillie Mae Jones on May 16, 1929, in Flint, Michigan, to James Jones, a...
January 12th, 2025

Anthony “Spice” Adams (1980- )
Anthony “Spice” Adams is a former American football player for the National Football League (NFL), actor, comedian, and television host....
August 12th, 2024