With Pride – People – African Americans in the Rest of the U.S.
Kenneth E. Reeves (1951- )
Kenneth E. Reeves, the first African American Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was born Kenneth Errol Reeves in Detroit, Michigan, on...
Karine Jean-Pierre (1977- )
Karine Jean-Pierre is an American political campaign organizer, political commentator, author, university lecturer, and activist. She is the first “Black,...
Rosario Isabel Dawson (1979- )
Actor, Advocate Rosario Isabel Dawson was born on May 9, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York to Patrick C. Harris, of...
Beauford Delaney (1901-1979)
World-renowned painter Beauford Delaney was born on December 30, 1901, in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Samuel Delaney, a barber and a...
Chris Dickerson (1939-2021)
Chris Dickerson, born Henri Christophe Dickerson, was the first African American to become Mr. America. He was born August 25,...
iLoveMakonnen/Makkonen Kamali Sheran (1989- )
Crooner-rapper, lyricist iLoveMakonnen, a multiracial artist, was born on April 12, 1989, in Los Angeles, California. He was named Makonnen...
Ritchie Torres (1988- )
Ritchie John Torres is a Democratic politician in the state of New York, representing the 15th congressional district. Torres was...
Mondaire L. Jones (1987- )
New York Congressman Mondaire Jones was born in Nyack, New York, on May 18, 1987. He grew up in a...
Alexis Nikole Nelson (1992- )
Alexis Nikole Nelson is a queer actor, writer, producer, social media marketing manager, and forager. Born on March 27, 1992,...
