Category Archives: Birthday Celebrations

Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on May 2 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Elijah McCoy Born May 2, 1844 — Died October 10, 1929 Field: Invention / Engineering / Industrial Technology Elijah McCoy was an inventor and engineer best known for lubrication systems […]

Born on this day. These are the birthdays we celebrate on May 1 — the people whose lives added to the story of Black history. Sterling A. Brown Born May 1, 1901 — Died January 13, 1989 Field: Literature / Poetry / Black Folk Culture / Education Sterling Allen Brown was a poet, scholar, critic, […]