United States – Tennessee
Hugh MacBeth, Sr. (1884-1956)
Hugh MacBeth, Sr., an African American attorney active in Los Angeles, California in the early 20th Century, was born in...
W.C. Handy (1873-1958)
Musician and composer William Christopher “W.C.” Handy was born on November 16, 1873, in Florence, Alabama. Widely known as the...
Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896 – 1977)
Musicologist, playwright, novelist and political activist Lola Shirley Graham, born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1896, became the second wife to...
Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994)
Wilma Rudolph was born on June 23, 1940, in St. Bethlehem, Tennessee, one of the eight children of Ed and...
Perry Wilbon Howard (1877-1961)
Perry Wilbon Howard was one of the shrewdest and most enduring Southern black politicians of the early 20th Century. Howard...
Ruth Ella Moore (1903-1994)
Born in 1903 in Columbus, Ohio, Ruth Ella Moore was the first African American woman in the United States to...
Mark Dean (1957- )
Dr. Mark Dean, an American inventor and computer engineer, is one of the most important figures in the emergence of...
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...
Nathaniel Oglesby Calloway (1907-1979)
A native of Tuskegee, Alabama, Nathaniel Oglesby Calloway was a pioneer in the field of chemistry. As a child growing...
