United States – New York
John Edward Bruce (1856-1924)
John Edward Bruce was born into slavery in Piscataway, Maryland in 1856. When Bruce was three years old his father...
Charles Mingus (1922-1979)
Mercurial and gifted bassist and band leader Charles Mingus is considered by many to be one of the jazz greats...
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Louis Daniel (Louie) Armstrong is perhaps the most important and influential person in the history of jazz music, swing music,...
Jessie R. Fauset (1882-1961)
Jessie Redmon Fauset, known as the “Midwife of the Harlem Renaissance,” was born in Fredericksville, Camden County, New Jersey on...
Adrienne Kennedy (1931- )
Adrienne Kennedy has earned a place as one of contemporary America’s most renowned and admired African American authors, lecturers, and...
Charles Z. Smith (1927-2016)
On July 18, 1988, Charles Z. Smith became the first African American to serve on the Washington Supreme Court. He...
Abby Fisher (1832-?)
Abby Fisher’s cookbook, What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking, Soups, Pickles, Preserves, Etc. published in 1881, is the...
(1775) Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation
This historic proclamation, dated November 7, 1775 and issued from on board a British warship lying off Norfolk, Virginia, by...
Lord Dunmore’s Ethiopian Regiment
John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, the last royal governor of Virginia, formed what he termed “Lord Dunmore’s Ethiopian Regiment” in...
