Jerry Darnell Stackhouse is a basketball coach and former National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Stackhouse was born November 5, 1974, to Minnie Stackhouse and George Stackhouse in Kinston, North Carolina. Growing up, Stackhouse attended Kinston High School in Kinston, North Carolina. He played for the … Read MoreJerry Darnell Stackhouse (1974- )
Thomas Clarence Jervay, Sr., former National Newspaper Publishers Association Chair and activist journalist, was born in Wilmington, North Carolina (NC), on November 30, 1914. He was one of eight children of Robert Smith Jervay from Charleston, South Carolina, and Mary Alice McNeil from Columbus County, … Read MoreThomas Clarence Jervay, Sr. (1914-1993)
Robert Smith Jervey founded the R. S. Jervay Printing Company in 1901 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Jervay started the Cape Fear Journal newspaper in 1927 after moving to Wilmington from Columbus County, located on North Carolina’s Southeastern border. Wilmington lacked a Black-owned newspaper for thirty … Read MoreRobert Smith Jervay, (1873 – 1941)
Cheri Beasley is the first African American woman to serve as Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. She has served as Vice-President of the North Carolina Bar Association Board of Governors. Born in 1966 in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, and … Read MoreCheri Beasley (1966- )
Newark’s first Black woman municipal court judge, Golden Elizabeth Johnson, was born April 10, 1944, in Newark, New Jersey, to LeRoy Johnson, a civil rights activist and tenant president of a housing project, and Lucy Melton Johnson from Wilson, North Carolina. Golden had two sisters, … Read MoreGolden Elizabeth Johnson (1944-2010)
Richard Allen Tucker, born on February 13, 1850, was an ordained minister, educator, and poet. He was the son of Reverend Lewis Tucker, the first African-American ordained Baptist minister in the City and Elizabeth “Betsey” Hunter, a seamstress. Richard’s parents were free Blacks before the … Read MoreRichard Allen Tucker (1850-1924)
Philip Nathan Jefferson is an American economist who has been a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since 2022. Jefferson is the fourth African American to serve as Governor. Jefferson was born and raised in the Kingman Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C. His … Read MorePhilip Jefferson
Valerie Foushee is a politician, a member of the Democratic Party, serving as the US Representative for North Carolina’s 4th congressional district since January 2023. She was born Valerie Jean Paige in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on May 7, 1956. Although her parents were just teenagers … Read MoreValerie Foushee (1956- )
Erich David Jarvis, a noted scientist and a professional dancer, was born on May 6, 1965, in Harlem, New York, to musicians James Reginald Jarvis and Sasha Valerie McCall. They parented four children. A product of public education and exceptional in math and science, Jarvis … Read MoreErich David Jarvis (1965 -)
Glenn Frederick Ivey was elected to the United States House of Representatives in the Congressional election of 2022. He was sworn in to start his first term in office on January 3, 2023. Ivey represents Maryland’s 4th congressional district which encompasses portions of Prince George’s County … Read MoreGlenn Ivey (1961- )
