Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on October 20 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Enolia McMillan Full name: Enolia Virginia Pettigen Born October 20, 1904 — died October 24, 2006 Educator, civil rights organizer, and NAACP leader. McMillan worked as a teacher and school […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on October 19 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Louisa Matilda Jacobs Born October 19, 1833 — died April 5, 1917 Educator, abolitionist, and equal-rights activist. Jacobs worked for the education and welfare of formerly enslaved people and participated […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on October 18 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey Born October 18, 1875 — died July 30, 1927 Gold Coast-born educator, missionary, and advocate for African education. Aggrey studied and taught at Livingstone College in […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on October 17 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Jupiter Hammon Born October 17, 1711 — died date unknown; after 1790, often given as circa 1806 Enslaved poet, religious writer, and early Black American literary figure. Hammon lived in […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on October 16 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. George Washington Williams Born October 16, 1849 — died August 2, 1891 Historian, minister, Civil War veteran, and legislator. Williams helped establish the documentary study of African American history through […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on October 15 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Fanny Jackson Coppin Born October 15, 1837 — died January 21, 1913 Educator, school leader, and missionary. Coppin was born enslaved, obtained her freedom, and graduated from Oberlin College before […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on October 14 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Cal Johnson Full name: Calvin Fackler Johnson Born October 14, 1844 — died April 7, 1925 Businessman and philanthropist in Knoxville, Tennessee. Born enslaved, Johnson became a successful saloon owner, […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on October 13 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Edith Spurlock Sampson Born October 13, 1901 (year uncertain in some references) — died October 8, 1979 Attorney, judge, and United States delegate to the United Nations. Sampson built a […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on October 12 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. W. Montague Cobb Full name: William Montague Cobb Born October 12, 1904 — died November 20, 1990 Physician, anatomist, anthropologist, and civil rights advocate. Cobb used anatomical and anthropological research […]
Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on October 11 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. R. Nathaniel Dett Full name: Robert Nathaniel Dett Born October 11, 1882 — died October 2, 1943 Canadian-born American composer, pianist, and educator. Dett combined European concert forms with the […]