United States – Mississippi
Dolores Cooper Shockley (1930- )
Dolores Cooper was the first African American woman in the U.S. to earn a Ph.D. in pharmacology. She was also...
James Forman (1928-2005)
Civil rights leader and political activist James Forman was an instrumental leader in the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), sending...
A’Lelia Walker (1885-1931)
A’Lelia Walker, the only daughter of Madam C.J. Walker, helped her mother found the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company...
Sam Cooke (1931-1964)
Sam Cooke has been described as one of the most influential rhythm and blues singers to emerge in the 20th...
Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919)
Madam C.J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove to former slaves, Owen and Minerva Breedlove in Delta, Louisiana on December 23,...
Willis Lester Young (“Pres”) (1909-1959)
Lester (Willis) Young, known as “Pres,” was born in Woodville, Mississippi and died in New York City. Named Willis Lester...
Horace Roscoe Cayton, Sr. (1859-1940)
Horace Roscoe Cayton spent nearly all his life combating racism. The child of a Mississippi slave, Cayton came of age...
James Meredith (1933- )
James Meredith is best known as the first African American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi (Old Miss)....
Medgar Evers (1925-1963)
Medgar Evers, at the time of his assassination in 1963, was the Field Secretary for the Mississippi NAACP and, thus...
